[13:16] <ogra_> rtg, i rememebr we used to have a discussion about crda in the ubuntu-core snap/rootfs ... which resulted in me removing it there ... do you remember the reason ? 
[13:17] <ogra_> (i'm just doing a seed cleanup and the package came back ... )
[13:17] <ogra_> apparently wlan workks without it on the pi3 and dragonboard ... 
[13:18] <apw> ogra_, is that safe ?  given that gives you information about what is legal in your juristiction ?
[13:18] <rtg> ogra_, well, crda is only required if the device has non-firmware based wifi. sforshee is probably a lot fresher on the topic these days.
[13:18] <ogra_> apw, i dont know ... happy to keep it ... but irc there was a reason why we dropped it 
[13:19] <ogra_> seemingly my two boards that have onboard wlan worked before it came back 
[13:20] <ogra_> it doesnt seem to make a difference in functionallity 
[13:20] <apw> ogra_, you are in a location with quite a wide set of frequencies ... dunno ... i don't recall the original discussion so ...
[13:21] <ogra_> if it makes sense to have it i'll happily keep it ... if it is just unused ballast it doesnt mmake sense though 
[13:23] <rtg> ogra_, it is certainly in use for those wifi adapters where the protocol stack runs on the host CPU
[13:23] <rtg> wireless-regdb is still getting patches and being maintained by sforshee
[13:23] <ogra_> like intel ?
[13:23] <rtg> oglike intel
[13:23] <rtg> ogra_, ^^
[13:23] <ogra_> ok
[13:23] <ogra_> that makes snese then 
[13:23] <ogra_> enough for me to keep it 
[13:24] <ogra_> (i guess the NUC guys will actually like to have it available then :))
[13:37] <trippeh_> the firmware-based ones I've seen also uses crda and wireless-regdb by intersecting the OS provided tables and the firmware ones.
[13:37] <trippeh_> I guess so it is possible to introduce new restrictions without a fw update.
[13:38] <trippeh_> at least ath9k does this