Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:59675 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756665AbZHGOBK (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Aug 2009 10:01:10 -0400 Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 09:48:04 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Chris Clayton Cc: Frans Pop , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ath5k - strange regulatory domain change Message-ID: <20090807134803.GA7545@tuxdriver.com> References: <200908071324.45269.elendil@planet.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 01:56:43PM +0100, Chris Clayton wrote: > Thanks Frans, > > 2009/8/7 Frans Pop : > > Chris Clayton wrote: > >> Because of some problems with my Belkin Wireless G card ?(model > >> F5D7010) and the rt61pci driver, I've started to use a "no-name" card > >> that is supported by the ath5k driver. > >> > >> A problem is that I have come across is that for some reason the CN > >> regulatory domain is being set automatically. This doesn't happen with > >> the Belkin (rt61) card. I have the following line in > >> /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf to set the regulatory domain to GB: > >> > >> options cfg80211 ieee80211_regdom=GB > > > > This issue has already been discussed extensively (after I reported it). > > Please see the following thread: http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/8/421. It > > contains a lot of information from the wireless maintainers. > > > > To sum this up then (as I understand things): > > 1. I am the system administrator (root); > 2. I am using a valid (albeit deprecated from 2.6.31) method to tell > the wireless infrastructure that I want the regulatory domain set to > GB; > 3. GB is a valid code; and > 4. the wireless infrastructure sets the regulatory domain to CN. > 5. in 2.6.30, the wireless infrastructure does what I (the root user) > tell it to do. > > That's a regression in my book. Oh well! I do have the iw and crda > applications installed, so I've taken that route of setting the > regulatory domain to GB. Are you actually getting the wrong regulatory rules enforced? Or are you merely bothered that it is reporting "CN" instead of "GB"? John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.