Hi,

> I thought that the regdb is for unlicensed bands with unrestricted use.
> The 5.9 GHz band is not licensed but it is restricted for ITS
> applications. 

It kind of is, at least the current one is.

> In http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=140183393707445&w=2
> Luis Rodriguez suggested that having a Kconfig option may be the way to
> go, but we may misread what he was saying.

I didn't really follow this.

> I assume that if this band will be in regdb, it will be too easy to use
> this band (e.g. by mistake) for non-ITS applications.

Does the *regulatory* actually prohibit that anyway though?

> Our goal is to make it easier for people to experiment with ITS in
> controlled environment (e.g. in a university lab). So you suggest that
> this should be enabled by providing custom regdb rather than recompiling
> the kernel with CFG80211_CERTIFICATION_ONUS?

Yes, that was exactly my thought.

johannes
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