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

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Message-ID: <52B153B3.4070903@gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 18 Dec 2013 08:50:11 +0100
From:	Pontus Fuchs <pontus.fuchs@...il.com>
To:	Sander Eikelenboom <linux@...elenboom.it>,
	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
CC:	Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@...il.com>,
	Arend van Spriel <arend@...adcom.com>,
	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...not-panic.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Berg, Johannes" <johannes.berg@...el.com>,
	"Grumbach, Emmanuel" <emmanuel.grumbach@...el.com>,
	"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>,
	"linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	Avinash Patil <avinashapatil@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [cfg80211 / iwlwifi] setting wireless regulatory domain doesn't
 work.

On 2013-12-17 22:49, Sander Eikelenboom wrote:
>
> Indeed, I looked for a crda hook for initramfs-tools but didn't find it, so skipped that idea
> for the moment.
>
> So if i combine the two .. it's essentially just a very bad idea to compile the wireless stuff in.
> It needs a access to a userland program at module load time, or it will block forever.

The canonical trick to have cfg80211 built in is to execute crda 
manually in your boot scripts. This will satisfy the initial request and 
resolve the block.

Cheers,

Pontus

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