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wireless-regdb Singapore Updates

Prerequisites

Updating wireless-regdb and Submitting a Patch

  1. Check latest IMDA TS SRD on IMDA Radio-communication Equipment Standards
  2. Clone wireless-regdb:
    git clone https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wens/wireless-regdb.git && cd wireless-regdb
  3. Open db.txt in a text editor:
    $EDITOR db.txt
  4. Find country SG: DFS-FCC
  5. Make your changes and don't forget to update the relevant comments above the SG block with appropriate reference to the TS SRD
  6. Exit $EDITOR
  7. Double-check your changes:
    git diff HEAD~1
  8. Build test:
    make clean && make
    • You may have to install M2Crypto e.g. dnf install python3-m2crypto on Fedora
    • To functionality test on OpenWrt, see OpenWrt Custom wireless-regdb
  9. Add the changed file:
    git add db.txt
  10. Commit:
    git commit -s
    • Commit title/first line: “Update regulatory rules for Singapore (SG) for [MONTH] [YEAR]” or refer to wireless-regdb list archives for appropriate subjects
    • Describe your motivations (if relevant), what was changed, and references to authoritative texts; in most situations this would be excerpts from the comments made in db.txt
  11. Double-check your commit message:
    git log -n1
  12. Generate a patch from your commit:
    git format-patch HEAD~1
  13. Send patch to mailing list (dry run):
    git send-email --dry-run --to=linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org --cc=wireless-regdb@lists.infradead.org *.patch
    • Verify that only one patch is in the first line of output and it is the intended patch to send, otherwise replace *.patch with the specific one you wanted to send
    • Verify the Subject: line
    • Verify the From:, To:, CC: lines
  14. When you are happy, run the same command as above, removing the --dry-run argument
  15. Check the wireless-regdb list archives to confirm your patch has been received

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