cfg80211: warn if db.txt is empty with CONFIG_CFG80211_INTERNAL_REGDB
authorLuis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@frijolero.org>
Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:23:31 +0000 (07:23 -0700)
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Mon, 9 Apr 2012 20:37:11 +0000 (16:37 -0400)
commit80007efeff0568375b08faf93c7aad65602cb97e
treecef9bf4795d131b53d831c8e178e417b2c0cba89
parentd2a079fd48c05235b86016a33a79cb86a86e15a8
cfg80211: warn if db.txt is empty with CONFIG_CFG80211_INTERNAL_REGDB

It has happened twice now where elaborate troubleshooting has
undergone on systems where CONFIG_CFG80211_INTERNAL_REGDB [0]
has been set but yet net/wireless/db.txt was not updated.

Despite the documentation on this it seems system integrators could
use some more help with this, so throw out a kernel warning at boot time
when their database is empty.

This does mean that the error-prone system integrator won't likely
realize the issue until they boot the machine but -- it does not seem
to make sense to enable a build bug breaking random build testing.

[0] http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Regulatory/CRDA#CONFIG_CFG80211_INTERNAL_REGDB

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Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@frijolero.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
net/wireless/reg.c