linux-kernel - Re: [cfg80211 / iwlwifi] setting wireless regulatory domain doesn't work.

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Date:	Wed, 11 Dec 2013 18:00:47 +0100
From:	Sander Eikelenboom <linux@...elenboom.it>
To:	Avinash Patil <avinashapatil@...il.com>
CC:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...not-panic.com>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	"linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"ilw@...ux.intel.com" <ilw@...ux.intel.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Grumbach, Emmanuel" <emmanuel.grumbach@...el.com>,
	"Berg, Johannes" <johannes.berg@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [cfg80211 / iwlwifi] setting wireless regulatory domain doesn't work.


Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 5:34:27 PM, you wrote:

> Hi Luis,
>  I have seen that hint during regulatory init still has request processed set to false. This results into further request set to pending. I have sent a patch for the same last week. Please have a look- I think issue faced by me is similar to what Sander is same.
> Thanks,
> Avinash.

Hi Avinash,

Could you send me the patch (or a link to it), i can't find it on the linux-wireless list.

--
Sander


>  On Dec 11, 2013 9:14 PM, "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...not-panic.com> wrote:
>  On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 4:17 PM, Sander Eikelenboom
>  <linux@...elenboom.it> wrote:
 >> Since i haven't got a response to this yet and after having the troubled machine back:
 >> The problem is still present in linux 3.13-rc3
>  
>  Keep in mind regulatory hints for Intel or Atheros cards do nothing
>  other than help compliance further given that the cards already have
>  their own regulatory data, the user input / hint is only going to
>  reduce the card's channels further. That said the fact that you are
>  not seeing a regulatory domain being set is an issue provided you have
>  CRDA installed or use CONFIG_CFG80211_INTERNAL_REGDB. Keep in mind
>  that the latest version of wireless-regdb had a signature issue
>  reported by users and not sure if that is cleared yet, so that would
>  also prevent the wireless-regdb being read even if CRDA was present.
>  To rule that out try putting the db.txt into net/wireless/db.txt and
>  compile with CONFIG_CFG80211_INTERNAL_REGDB for now.
>  
>  Then send the dmesg output, no need for all that fluffy intel debug
>  log as its not useful in this case.
>  
>    Luis
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