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authorLuis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>2009-02-21 00:04:30 -0500
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2009-02-27 14:52:57 -0500
commitfe33eb390854886e1fd5d4835d833b80d145aafb (patch)
tree5349c48092c9528b5640d5981425e161e0731ed3 /include/net/wireless.h
parent0441d6ffc705de17d85923264a1b03b71ebfccb8 (diff)
cfg80211: move all regulatory hints to workqueue
All regulatory hints (core, driver, userspace and 11d) are now processed in a workqueue. Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/wireless.h')
-rw-r--r--include/net/wireless.h9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/wireless.h b/include/net/wireless.h
index d815aa8b453..1f4707d18ad 100644
--- a/include/net/wireless.h
+++ b/include/net/wireless.h
@@ -401,8 +401,15 @@ ieee80211_get_response_rate(struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband,
* domain should be in or by providing a completely build regulatory domain.
* If the driver provides an ISO/IEC 3166 alpha2 userspace will be queried
* for a regulatory domain structure for the respective country.
+ *
+ * The wiphy must have been registered to cfg80211 prior to this call.
+ * For cfg80211 drivers this means you must first use wiphy_register(),
+ * for mac80211 drivers you must first use ieee80211_register_hw().
+ *
+ * Drivers should check the return value, its possible you can get
+ * an -ENOMEM.
*/
-extern void regulatory_hint(struct wiphy *wiphy, const char *alpha2);
+extern int regulatory_hint(struct wiphy *wiphy, const char *alpha2);
/**
* regulatory_hint_11d - hints a country IE as a regulatory domain