1regulatory.bin(5)                    Linux                   regulatory.bin(5)
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NAME

6       regulatory.bin, regulatory.db - The Linux wireless regulatory database
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Description

12       regulatory.bin and regulatory.db are the files used by the Linux wire‐
13       less subsystem to keep its regulatory database information.
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15       regulatory.bin is read by crda upon the Linux kernel's request for reg‐
16       ulatory information for a specific ISO / IEC 3166 alpha2 country code.
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18       regulatory.db is a newer, extensible database format which (since Linux
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21       The regulatory database is kept in a small binary format for size and
22       code efficiency. The regulatory.bin file can be parsed and read in
23       human format by using the regdbdump command. The regulatory database
24       files should be updated upon regulatory changes or corrections.
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Upkeeping

28       The regulatory database is maintained by the community as such you are
29       encouraged to send any corrections or updates to the linux-wireless and
30       wireless-regdb mailing lists: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org and wire‐
31       less-regdb@lists.infradead.org
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SEE ALSO

35       regdbdump(8) crda(8) iw(8)
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42regulatory.bin                 21 December 2017              regulatory.bin(5)