Return-path: Received: from mail-oi0-f47.google.com ([209.85.218.47]:34669 "EHLO mail-oi0-f47.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750791AbbJSNbD (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Oct 2015 09:31:03 -0400 Received: by oies66 with SMTP id s66so58213587oie.1 for ; Mon, 19 Oct 2015 06:31:01 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <5624B374.5080209@neratec.com> References: <5624B374.5080209@neratec.com> Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 06:31:01 -0700 Message-ID: (sfid-20151019_153110_001556_4BB78060) Subject: Re: FCC DFS support From: Tim Harvey To: Zefir Kurtisi Cc: "ath10k@lists.infradead.org" , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 2:10 AM, Zefir Kurtisi wrote: > On 10/16/2015 06:53 PM, Tim Harvey wrote: >> Greetings, >> >> Is FCC DFS support (from the updated rules released in Aug 2014) fully >> supported in ath10k by the driver/firmware/cards? >> >> The linux-wireless DFS page [1] has some great info but doesn't really >> list what is currently in place and working and doesn't mention ath10k >> specifically and I didn't see anything on the ath10k page either [2]. >> >> Thanks for any info! >> >> Regards, >> >> Tim >> >> [1] - https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/dfs >> [2] - https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/ath10k >> -- >> > > Hi Tim, > > you're right, unfortunately the DFS documentation in [1] is quite outdated - > basically in its initial state from 2011 when ath10k was unknown. It took around > four years to get the work done, and since numerous parties contributed at > different times and different modules (driver, mac/cfg, hostapd), the > documentation has not always been updated accordingly. > > But the more important fact is: yes, ath10 and ath9k today fully support FCC. > > We certified one of our ath9k based products for FCC and ETSI some months ago, and > I got confirmations that ath10k also passed certification testing for FCC. > > It is relevant to note that both drivers use the same radar pattern detector (and > all upper layers anyway), so that if ath9k passed, ath10k most probably will also > do (and vice versa). > > > Hth, > Zefir > > Zefir, Thank you for the information! Tim