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| author | Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> | 2009-01-23 14:56:27 -0800 |
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| committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2009-01-30 15:34:46 -0500 |
| commit | ed56d18e0aebbe0906cdd77edbd7ed19e87fedb8 (patch) | |
| tree | 338d91cac4bd943cbbc40c6cc497d8c70da60039 /regulatory.bin.5 | |
| parent | 58775c59e7c9929d23ddf1e9064870c0d38a2c90 (diff) | |
| download | wireless-regdb-ed56d18e0aebbe0906cdd77edbd7ed19e87fedb8.tar.gz | |
wireless-regdb: adds a manpage for regulatory.bin, updates Makefile
This adds a man page for the regulatory.bin file and updates
the Makefile to make it the install target flexible for distributions.
As part of the install you also now get the the man page.
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'regulatory.bin.5')
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1 files changed, 37 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/regulatory.bin.5 b/regulatory.bin.5 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d4f80cb --- /dev/null +++ b/regulatory.bin.5 @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +.TH regulatory.bin 8 "23 January 2009" "regulatory.bin" "Linux" +.SH NAME +regulatory.bin \- The Linux wireless regulatory database + +.ad l +.in +8 +.ti -8 + +.SS +.SH Description +.B regulatory.bin +is the file used by the Linux wireless subsystem to keep its regulatory +database information. It is read by +.B crda +upon the Linux kernel's request for regulatory information for a specific +ISO / IEC 3166 alpha2 country code. The regulatory database is kept in +a small binary format for size and code efficiency. The +.B regulatory.bin +file can be parsed and read in human format by using the +.B regdbdump +command. The +.B regulatory.bin +file should be updated upon regulatory changes or corrections. + +.SH Upkeeping +The regulatory database is maintained by the community as such +you are encouraged to send any corrections or updates to the +linux-wireless mailing list: +.B linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org + +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR regdbdump (8) +.BR crda (8) +.BR iw (8) + +.BR http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Regulatory/ + |