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diff --git a/debian/README.Debian b/debian/README.Debian new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2a72b1c --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/README.Debian @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +wireless-regdb for Debian +------------------------- + +wireless-regdb provides a machine-readable database of legal +regulations on radio emissions that affect use of wireless networking. +The Linux kernel and drivers use this to maintain compliance with +those regulations. + +The database is loaded directly by the kernel (since Linux 4.15, but +only enabled in the Debian package from 5.5 onward). + +If you use a custom kernel built from upstream source, it will only +trust this database if it is signed by the upstream maintainer of +wireless-regdb. To use the upstream database and signature instead of +the Debian version, run: + + update-alternatives --set regulatory.db \ + /lib/firmware/regulatory.db-upstream + + -- Ben Hutchings <benh@debian.org>, Sat, 22 Jan 2022 16:46:35 +0100 |