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