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Section: Linux (5)<BR>Updated: 21 December 2017<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
regulatory.bin, regulatory.db - The Linux wireless regulatory database
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<H2>Description</H2>
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<B>regulatory.bin</B>
and
<B>regulatory.db</B>
are the files used by the Linux wireless subsystem to keep its regulatory
database information.
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<B>regulatory.bin</B>
is read by
<B>crda</B>
upon the Linux kernel's request for regulatory information for a specific
ISO / IEC 3166 alpha2 country code.
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<B>regulatory.db</B>
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</B>
file can be parsed and read in human format by using the
<B>regdbdump</B>
command. The regulatory database files should be updated upon regulatory
changes or corrections.
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<H2>Upkeeping</H2>
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><A HREF="mailto:linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org">linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org</A></B>
and
<B><A HREF="mailto:wireless-regdb@lists.infradead.org">wireless-regdb@lists.infradead.org</A></B>
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+regdbdump">regdbdump</A></B>(8)
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+crda">crda</A></B>(8)
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+iw">iw</A></B>(8)
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<B><A HREF="http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Regulatory/">http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Regulatory/</A></B>
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<DT id="1"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
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<DT id="2"><A HREF="#lbAD">Description</A><DD>
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<H2>Description</H2>
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<DT id="4"><A HREF="#lbAE">Description</A><DD>
<DT id="5"><A HREF="#lbAF">Upkeeping</A><DD>
<DT id="6"><A HREF="#lbAG">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
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