diff --git a/Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt b/Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt
index ee31369e9e5baec8300136a1d2992be5a8bb2c97..9551622d0a7b845fe982076b3657ef59ef1ed6b7 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt
@@ -188,3 +188,27 @@ Then in some part of your code after your wiphy has been registered:
 		       &mydriver_jp_regdom.reg_rules[i],
 		       sizeof(struct ieee80211_reg_rule));
 	regulatory_struct_hint(rd);
+
+Statically compiled regulatory database
+---------------------------------------
+
+In most situations the userland solution using CRDA as described
+above is the preferred solution.  However in some cases a set of
+rules built into the kernel itself may be desirable.  To account
+for this situation, a configuration option has been provided
+(i.e. CONFIG_CFG80211_INTERNAL_REGDB).  With this option enabled,
+the wireless database information contained in net/wireless/db.txt is
+used to generate a data structure encoded in net/wireless/regdb.c.
+That option also enables code in net/wireless/reg.c which queries
+the data in regdb.c as an alternative to using CRDA.
+
+The file net/wireless/db.txt should be kept up-to-date with the db.txt
+file available in the git repository here:
+
+    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-regdb.git
+
+Again, most users in most situations should be using the CRDA package
+provided with their distribution, and in most other situations users
+should be building and using CRDA on their own rather than using
+this option.  If you are not absolutely sure that you should be using
+CONFIG_CFG80211_INTERNAL_REGDB then _DO_NOT_USE_IT_.
diff --git a/net/wireless/.gitignore b/net/wireless/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c33451b896d9408c4553f75aa7a312583a92f80f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/wireless/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+regdb.c
diff --git a/net/wireless/Kconfig b/net/wireless/Kconfig
index 90e93a5701aacdd933384419d591e2e72d936d6b..8419971f07c529543ed348369b68b5e5e4d61293 100644
--- a/net/wireless/Kconfig
+++ b/net/wireless/Kconfig
@@ -109,6 +109,22 @@ config WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY
 
 	  Say N and if you say Y, please tell us why. The default is N.
 
+config CFG80211_INTERNAL_REGDB
+	bool "use statically compiled regulatory rules database" if EMBEDDED
+	default n
+	depends on CFG80211
+	---help---
+	  This option generates an internal data structure representing
+	  the wireless regulatory rules described in net/wireless/db.txt
+	  and includes code to query that database.  This is an alternative
+	  to using CRDA for defining regulatory rules for the kernel.
+
+	  For details see:
+
+	  http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Regulatory
+
+	  Most distributions have a CRDA package.  So if unsure, say N.
+
 config CFG80211_WEXT
 	bool "cfg80211 wireless extensions compatibility"
 	depends on CFG80211
diff --git a/net/wireless/Makefile b/net/wireless/Makefile
index f07c8dc7aab2990d543db566028fa1d460426e85..e77e508126fa4870890d330f2d8f653a72a104b6 100644
--- a/net/wireless/Makefile
+++ b/net/wireless/Makefile
@@ -13,5 +13,11 @@ cfg80211-y += core.o sysfs.o radiotap.o util.o reg.o scan.o nl80211.o
 cfg80211-y += mlme.o ibss.o sme.o chan.o ethtool.o
 cfg80211-$(CONFIG_CFG80211_DEBUGFS) += debugfs.o
 cfg80211-$(CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT) += wext-compat.o wext-sme.o
+cfg80211-$(CONFIG_CFG80211_INTERNAL_REGDB) += regdb.o
 
 ccflags-y += -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__
+
+$(obj)/regdb.c: $(src)/db.txt $(src)/genregdb.awk
+	@$(AWK) -f $(srctree)/$(src)/genregdb.awk < $< > $@
+
+clean-files := regdb.c
diff --git a/net/wireless/db.txt b/net/wireless/db.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a2fc3a09ccdc78ccd1f30984b868ad9cd95bdac2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/wireless/db.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#
+# This file is a placeholder to prevent accidental build breakage if someone
+# enables CONFIG_CFG80211_INTERNAL_REGDB.  Almost no one actually needs to
+# enable that build option.
+#
+# You should be using CRDA instead.  It is even better if you use the CRDA
+# package provided by your distribution, since they will probably keep it
+# up-to-date on your behalf.
+#
+# If you _really_ intend to use CONFIG_CFG80211_INTERNAL_REGDB then you will
+# need to replace this file with one containing appropriately formatted
+# regulatory rules that cover the regulatory domains you will be using.  Your
+# best option is to extract the db.txt file from the wireless-regdb git
+# repository:
+#
+#   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-regdb.git
+#
diff --git a/net/wireless/genregdb.awk b/net/wireless/genregdb.awk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8316cf075ce95f4dc937deabb805c87beda83ed0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/wireless/genregdb.awk
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+#!/usr/bin/awk -f
+#
+# genregdb.awk -- generate regdb.c from db.txt
+#
+# Actually, it reads from stdin (presumed to be db.txt) and writes
+# to stdout (presumed to be regdb.c), but close enough...
+#
+# Copyright 2009 John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+
+BEGIN {
+	active = 0
+	rules = 0;
+	print "/*"
+	print " * DO NOT EDIT -- file generated from data in db.txt"
+	print " */"
+	print ""
+	print "#include <linux/nl80211.h>"
+	print "#include <net/cfg80211.h>"
+	print ""
+	regdb = "const struct ieee80211_regdomain *reg_regdb[] = {\n"
+}
+
+/^[ \t]*#/ {
+	/* Ignore */
+}
+
+!active && /^[ \t]*$/ {
+	/* Ignore */
+}
+
+!active && /country/ {
+	country=$2
+	sub(/:/, "", country)
+	printf "static const struct ieee80211_regdomain regdom_%s = {\n", country
+	printf "\t.alpha2 = \"%s\",\n", country
+	printf "\t.reg_rules = {\n"
+	active = 1
+	regdb = regdb "\t&regdom_" country ",\n"
+}
+
+active && /^[ \t]*\(/ {
+	start = $1
+	sub(/\(/, "", start)
+	end = $3
+	bw = $5
+	sub(/\),/, "", bw)
+	gain = $6
+	sub(/\(/, "", gain)
+	sub(/,/, "", gain)
+	power = $7
+	sub(/\)/, "", power)
+	sub(/,/, "", power)
+	# power might be in mW...
+	units = $8
+	sub(/\)/, "", units)
+	sub(/,/, "", units)
+	if (units == "mW") {
+		if (power == 100) {
+			power = 20
+		} else if (power == 200) {
+			power = 23
+		} else if (power == 500) {
+			power = 27
+		} else if (power == 1000) {
+			power = 30
+		} else {
+			print "Unknown power value in database!"
+		}
+	}
+	flagstr = ""
+	for (i=8; i<=NF; i++)
+		flagstr = flagstr $i
+	split(flagstr, flagarray, ",")
+	flags = ""
+	for (arg in flagarray) {
+		if (flagarray[arg] == "NO-OFDM") {
+			flags = flags "\n\t\t\tNL80211_RRF_NO_OFDM | "
+		} else if (flagarray[arg] == "NO-CCK") {
+			flags = flags "\n\t\t\tNL80211_RRF_NO_CCK | "
+		} else if (flagarray[arg] == "NO-INDOOR") {
+			flags = flags "\n\t\t\tNL80211_RRF_NO_INDOOR | "
+		} else if (flagarray[arg] == "NO-OUTDOOR") {
+			flags = flags "\n\t\t\tNL80211_RRF_NO_OUTDOOR | "
+		} else if (flagarray[arg] == "DFS") {
+			flags = flags "\n\t\t\tNL80211_RRF_DFS | "
+		} else if (flagarray[arg] == "PTP-ONLY") {
+			flags = flags "\n\t\t\tNL80211_RRF_PTP_ONLY | "
+		} else if (flagarray[arg] == "PTMP-ONLY") {
+			flags = flags "\n\t\t\tNL80211_RRF_PTMP_ONLY | "
+		} else if (flagarray[arg] == "PASSIVE-SCAN") {
+			flags = flags "\n\t\t\tNL80211_RRF_PASSIVE_SCAN | "
+		} else if (flagarray[arg] == "NO-IBSS") {
+			flags = flags "\n\t\t\tNL80211_RRF_NO_IBSS | "
+		}
+	}
+	flags = flags "0"
+	printf "\t\tREG_RULE(%d, %d, %d, %d, %d, %s),\n", start, end, bw, gain, power, flags
+	rules++
+}
+
+active && /^[ \t]*$/ {
+	active = 0
+	printf "\t},\n"
+	printf "\t.n_reg_rules = %d\n", rules
+	printf "};\n\n"
+	rules = 0;
+}
+
+END {
+	print regdb "};"
+	print ""
+	print "int reg_regdb_size = ARRAY_SIZE(reg_regdb);"
+}
diff --git a/net/wireless/reg.c b/net/wireless/reg.c
index c01470e7de15a627c3baf0094dfdd5220c56684a..65f86264f7bbdbf30dd1c0e80c9e2af9c5893c95 100644
--- a/net/wireless/reg.c
+++ b/net/wireless/reg.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include <net/cfg80211.h>
 #include "core.h"
 #include "reg.h"
+#include "regdb.h"
 #include "nl80211.h"
 
 /* Receipt of information from last regulatory request */
@@ -360,6 +361,98 @@ static bool country_ie_integrity_changes(u32 checksum)
 	return false;
 }
 
+static int reg_copy_regd(const struct ieee80211_regdomain **dst_regd,
+			 const struct ieee80211_regdomain *src_regd)
+{
+	struct ieee80211_regdomain *regd;
+	int size_of_regd = 0;
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	size_of_regd = sizeof(struct ieee80211_regdomain) +
+	  ((src_regd->n_reg_rules + 1) * sizeof(struct ieee80211_reg_rule));
+
+	regd = kzalloc(size_of_regd, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!regd)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	memcpy(regd, src_regd, sizeof(struct ieee80211_regdomain));
+
+	for (i = 0; i < src_regd->n_reg_rules; i++)
+		memcpy(&regd->reg_rules[i], &src_regd->reg_rules[i],
+			sizeof(struct ieee80211_reg_rule));
+
+	*dst_regd = regd;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_CFG80211_INTERNAL_REGDB
+struct reg_regdb_search_request {
+	char alpha2[2];
+	struct list_head list;
+};
+
+static LIST_HEAD(reg_regdb_search_list);
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(reg_regdb_search_lock);
+
+static void reg_regdb_search(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct reg_regdb_search_request *request;
+	const struct ieee80211_regdomain *curdom, *regdom;
+	int i, r;
+
+	spin_lock(&reg_regdb_search_lock);
+	while (!list_empty(&reg_regdb_search_list)) {
+		request = list_first_entry(&reg_regdb_search_list,
+					   struct reg_regdb_search_request,
+					   list);
+		list_del(&request->list);
+
+		for (i=0; i<reg_regdb_size; i++) {
+			curdom = reg_regdb[i];
+
+			if (!memcmp(request->alpha2, curdom->alpha2, 2)) {
+				r = reg_copy_regd(&regdom, curdom);
+				if (r)
+					break;
+				spin_unlock(&reg_regdb_search_lock);
+				mutex_lock(&cfg80211_mutex);
+				set_regdom(regdom);
+				mutex_unlock(&cfg80211_mutex);
+				spin_lock(&reg_regdb_search_lock);
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		kfree(request);
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&reg_regdb_search_lock);
+}
+
+static DECLARE_WORK(reg_regdb_work, reg_regdb_search);
+
+static void reg_regdb_query(const char *alpha2)
+{
+	struct reg_regdb_search_request *request;
+
+	if (!alpha2)
+		return;
+
+	request = kzalloc(sizeof(struct reg_regdb_search_request), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!request)
+		return;
+
+	memcpy(request->alpha2, alpha2, 2);
+
+	spin_lock(&reg_regdb_search_lock);
+	list_add_tail(&request->list, &reg_regdb_search_list);
+	spin_unlock(&reg_regdb_search_lock);
+
+	schedule_work(&reg_regdb_work);
+}
+#else
+static inline void reg_regdb_query(const char *alpha2) {}
+#endif /* CONFIG_CFG80211_INTERNAL_REGDB */
+
 /*
  * This lets us keep regulatory code which is updated on a regulatory
  * basis in userspace.
@@ -379,6 +472,9 @@ static int call_crda(const char *alpha2)
 		printk(KERN_INFO "cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world "
 			"regulatory domain\n");
 
+	/* query internal regulatory database (if it exists) */
+	reg_regdb_query(alpha2);
+
 	country_env[8] = alpha2[0];
 	country_env[9] = alpha2[1];
 
@@ -1367,30 +1463,6 @@ void wiphy_apply_custom_regulatory(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(wiphy_apply_custom_regulatory);
 
-static int reg_copy_regd(const struct ieee80211_regdomain **dst_regd,
-			 const struct ieee80211_regdomain *src_regd)
-{
-	struct ieee80211_regdomain *regd;
-	int size_of_regd = 0;
-	unsigned int i;
-
-	size_of_regd = sizeof(struct ieee80211_regdomain) +
-	  ((src_regd->n_reg_rules + 1) * sizeof(struct ieee80211_reg_rule));
-
-	regd = kzalloc(size_of_regd, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!regd)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	memcpy(regd, src_regd, sizeof(struct ieee80211_regdomain));
-
-	for (i = 0; i < src_regd->n_reg_rules; i++)
-		memcpy(&regd->reg_rules[i], &src_regd->reg_rules[i],
-			sizeof(struct ieee80211_reg_rule));
-
-	*dst_regd = regd;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /*
  * Return value which can be used by ignore_request() to indicate
  * it has been determined we should intersect two regulatory domains
diff --git a/net/wireless/regdb.h b/net/wireless/regdb.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..818222c925137f7d1c8dd1e724503b92c46dd273
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/wireless/regdb.h
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#ifndef __REGDB_H__
+#define __REGDB_H__
+
+extern const struct ieee80211_regdomain *reg_regdb[];
+extern int reg_regdb_size;
+
+#endif /* __REGDB_H__ */