Return-path: Received: from xc.sipsolutions.net ([83.246.72.84]:37133 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754502AbYJ3RTF (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:19:05 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] cfg80211: enable 5 GHz band for world regulatory domain From: Johannes Berg To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Cc: linville@tuxdriver.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <43e72e890810300909if0e2db1qf5ff8512ab760275@mail.gmail.com> (sfid-20081030_170949_463670_B51F02CC) References: <1225329594-21704-1-git-send-email-lrodriguez@atheros.com> <1225329594-21704-2-git-send-email-lrodriguez@atheros.com> <1225329594-21704-3-git-send-email-lrodriguez@atheros.com> <1225329594-21704-4-git-send-email-lrodriguez@atheros.com> <1225329594-21704-5-git-send-email-lrodriguez@atheros.com> <1225329594-21704-6-git-send-email-lrodriguez@atheros.com> <1225329594-21704-7-git-send-email-lrodriguez@atheros.com> <53ad401862d734b26836f0706a394525.squirrel@secure.sipsolutions.net> <43e72e890810300909if0e2db1qf5ff8512ab760275@mail.gmail.com> (sfid-20081030_170949_463670_B51F02CC) Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-IapxjKL8w7J/xzfMS1Ds" Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:18:57 +0100 Message-Id: <1225387137.3690.70.camel@johannes.berg> (sfid-20081030_181926_441550_C2C6A2EE) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-IapxjKL8w7J/xzfMS1Ds Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2008-10-30 at 09:09 -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 2:24 AM, Johannes Berg > wrote: > > Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > >> Technically speaking since some countries do not support > >> some channels in 5 GHz the world regulatory domain should not > >> use them however APs should *not* be shipped in those countries > >> which don't allow 5 GHz operation. Because of this we can > >> safely assume we operate correctly in STA mode by forcing > >> passive scan and disabling ad-hoc in 5 GHz. We leave out > >> all DFS channels as we don't support DFS yet. > > > > No, this is incorrect. The linux kernel can well act as an AP. >=20 > An AP would/should not want to use the world regulatory domain though :) Yeah but if a user just starts hostapd without crda then we shouldn't allow it to operate in 5GHz johannes --=-IapxjKL8w7J/xzfMS1Ds Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (powerbook) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJJCex9AAoJEKVg1VMiehFYtRcQAI70FPngHx8e6CgWgNamU9uk Ajlp6kzpOgjLCtZu+DYflKbWD4HSJB0V4Ed+3PjcmQCK9b2xoxBvKEurm7KpiWSf 1wVjdjIHujI2n3OHWxY2M0mSEWWJZSaKGfLK8aV2k0QAJ2w0/B6jvQeVQblFx2FR P8vsnwzCKa0HLosthyQ0wtemg3YLLUDxyt5dJBCCboIoIP3LBkcrOKfBxRwAFx5S xj3hlUtpC8Awd/G5R2TF9vOFO2Eszes6VMzrupSckmCc9djCrTtgtEdagCwtsWCy +zkvUEuwaNUD0bNg2lPJw3MxQWDRSRh+n1BllnHoW1heKpE2jLoYcZa2CJBtAh3S uOHKuYn0ybiQLGs7yta7tWXZDvT2ULIitZFcIVXUl7/dF9nB6ZJaCH4+3IeXMTZC eO3rtGdSuvxTmsKyPGY6xcA9MTioXobH/CA5RGMrtsQsx7yYnoLFn4irjge+R0Ar LHGQR73ezPgwGv3yuK3umayn6Ogc091U9ws9YiREmMLe0pBMxUcnMXDAVmr+9Z4w dECVAG1+Hpz9q92CbdgOPMt6mn1LxxzBGR5DH79vOqxz/rlR01pigIFN34TObcz3 DTl5MFLE/oNkqjfraDpW8lIaYJbL5HkW4SIDuiZQXgH+YAS52AGdGsbceHmve7Qt tZzBhan2IRKuNaN6apoT =yS3o -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-IapxjKL8w7J/xzfMS1Ds--