Return-path: Received: from mail-lb0-f171.google.com ([209.85.217.171]:35657 "EHLO mail-lb0-f171.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751105AbaKIHFj convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 Nov 2014 02:05:39 -0500 Received: by mail-lb0-f171.google.com with SMTP id b6so4463048lbj.30 for ; Sat, 08 Nov 2014 23:05:37 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <733AE580-92D4-486C-888C-9694F6AAB92F@me.com> Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2014 09:05:37 +0200 Message-ID: (sfid-20141109_080547_255790_2D247B9A) Subject: Re: Intel Wireless 7260 + 5G + AP mode From: Emmanuel Grumbach To: efill@me.com Cc: linux-wireless , "ilw@linux.intel.com" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 7:42 PM, Emmanuel Grumbach wrote: > On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 6:33 PM, wrote: >> Dear all, >> >> I’m trying to get the 7260 to act as an AP on the 5G band. Unfortunately it seems to be impossible due to the „no IR“ reg domain restriction done by the Intel firmware internally (this is what I’ve googled so far..). >> >> Could someone explain to me the technical background of this. As far as I understood the regulation if DFS and TPC are used, most of the 5G channels are allowed. Did I miss something? What’s the point of restricting the IR then? > > This is not true world wide. With the devices currently available, you > can't have IR in 5GHz. > Let me clarify, with *Intel* devices currently available, you will not be able to have IR in 5GHz. >> >> And finally: Is there a way to get it work? Some other PCI-E chip? ath10k? >> >> All the best, >> Efill-- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in >> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html