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.TH regulatory.bin 5 "21 December 2017" "regulatory.bin" "Linux"
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.SH NAME
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regulatory.bin, regulatory.db \- The Linux wireless regulatory database
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.SS
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.SH Description
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.B regulatory.bin
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and
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.B regulatory.db
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are the files used by the Linux wireless subsystem to keep its regulatory
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database information.
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.PP
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.B regulatory.bin
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is read by
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.B crda
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upon the Linux kernel's request for regulatory information for a specific
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ISO / IEC 3166 alpha2 country code.
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.PP
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.B regulatory.db
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is a newer, extensible database format which (since Linux 4.15) is read
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by the kernel directly as a firmware file.
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The regulatory database is kept in a small binary format for size and code
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efficiency. The
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.B regulatory.bin
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file can be parsed and read in human format by using the
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.B regdbdump
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command. The regulatory database files should be updated upon regulatory
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changes or corrections.
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.SH Upkeeping
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The regulatory database is maintained by the community as such
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you are encouraged to send any corrections or updates to the
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linux-wireless and wireless-regdb mailing lists:
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.B linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
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and
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.B wireless-regdb@lists.infradead.org
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR regdbdump (8)
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.BR crda (8)
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.BR iw (8)
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.BR http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Regulatory/
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