Return-path: Received: from rn-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.170.185]:3433 "EHLO rn-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752460AbYJ3QJs (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:09:48 -0400 Received: by rn-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id k40so503050rnd.17 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:09:46 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <43e72e890810300909if0e2db1qf5ff8512ab760275@mail.gmail.com> (sfid-20081030_170952_529214_D41F7450) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:09:46 -0700 From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" To: "Johannes Berg" Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] cfg80211: enable 5 GHz band for world regulatory domain Cc: linville@tuxdriver.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <53ad401862d734b26836f0706a394525.squirrel@secure.sipsolutions.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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. An AP would/should not want to use the world regulatory domain though :) Luis