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Subject: iw reg get Not showing 6GHz channels in Germany
From:   Sharadanand Karanjkar <sk@simonwunderlich.de>
To:     luciano.coelho@intel.com
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Date:   Fri, 29 Oct 2021 16:55:16 +0200
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> Hi Luca,
>
> Greeting of the day!!
> We are using Intels "ax210ngw" card with "iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-66.ucode"
> firmware, we are using the kernel from "5.15.0-rc7" tag.
> The problem we are facing is we are not able to enable 6GHz channels 
> for Germany region. Following is the output for "iw reg get"
>
> country DE: DFS-ETSI
>     (2400 - 2483 @ 40), (N/A, 20), (N/A)
>     (5150 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 23), (N/A), NO-OUTDOOR, AUTO-BW
>     (5250 - 5350 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (0 ms), NO-OUTDOOR, DFS, AUTO-BW
>     (5470 - 5725 @ 160), (N/A, 26), (0 ms), DFS
>     (5725 - 5875 @ 80), (N/A, 13), (N/A)
>     (5945 - 6425 @ 160), (N/A, 23), (N/A), NO-OUTDOOR, AUTO-BW
>     (57000 - 66000 @ 2160), (N/A, 40), (N/A)
>
> phy#0 (self-managed)
> country DE: DFS-UNSET
>     (2402 - 2437 @ 40), (6, 22), (N/A), AUTO-BW, NO-HT40MINUS, 
> NO-80MHZ, NO-160MHZ
>     (2422 - 2462 @ 40), (6, 22), (N/A), AUTO-BW, NO-80MHZ, NO-160MHZ
>     (2447 - 2482 @ 40), (6, 22), (N/A), AUTO-BW, NO-HT40PLUS, 
> NO-80MHZ, NO-160MHZ
>     (5170 - 5190 @ 160), (6, 22), (N/A), NO-OUTDOOR, AUTO-BW, 
> IR-CONCURRENT, NO-HT40MINUS, PASSIVE-SCAN
>     (5190 - 5210 @ 160), (6, 22), (N/A), NO-OUTDOOR, AUTO-BW, 
> IR-CONCURRENT, NO-HT40PLUS, PASSIVE-SCAN
>     (5210 - 5230 @ 160), (6, 22), (N/A), NO-OUTDOOR, AUTO-BW, 
> IR-CONCURRENT, NO-HT40MINUS, PASSIVE-SCAN
>     (5230 - 5250 @ 160), (6, 22), (N/A), NO-OUTDOOR, AUTO-BW, 
> IR-CONCURRENT, NO-HT40PLUS, PASSIVE-SCAN
>     (5250 - 5270 @ 160), (6, 22), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW, NO-HT40MINUS, 
> PASSIVE-SCAN
>     (5270 - 5290 @ 160), (6, 22), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW, NO-HT40PLUS, 
> PASSIVE-SCAN
>     (5290 - 5310 @ 160), (6, 22), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW, NO-HT40MINUS, 
> PASSIVE-SCAN
>     (5310 - 5330 @ 160), (6, 22), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW, NO-HT40PLUS, 
> PASSIVE-SCAN
>     (5490 - 5510 @ 220), (6, 22), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW, NO-HT40MINUS, 
> PASSIVE-SCAN
>     (5510 - 5530 @ 220), (6, 22), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW, NO-HT40PLUS, 
> PASSIVE-SCAN
>     (5530 - 5550 @ 220), (6, 22), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW, NO-HT40MINUS, 
> PASSIVE-SCAN
>     (5550 - 5570 @ 220), (6, 22), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW, NO-HT40PLUS, 
> PASSIVE-SCAN
>     (5570 - 5590 @ 220), (6, 22), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW, NO-HT40MINUS, 
> PASSIVE-SCAN
>     (5590 - 5610 @ 220), (6, 22), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW, NO-HT40PLUS, 
> PASSIVE-SCAN
>     (5610 - 5630 @ 220), (6, 22), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW, NO-HT40MINUS, 
> PASSIVE-SCAN
>     (5630 - 5650 @ 220), (6, 22), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW, NO-HT40PLUS, 
> PASSIVE-SCAN
>     (5650 - 5670 @ 80), (6, 22), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW, NO-HT40MINUS, 
> NO-160MHZ, PASSIVE-SCAN
>     (5670 - 5690 @ 80), (6, 22), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW, NO-HT40PLUS, 
> NO-160MHZ, PASSIVE-SCAN
>     (5690 - 5710 @ 80), (6, 22), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW, NO-HT40MINUS, 
> NO-160MHZ, PASSIVE-SCAN
>     (5735 - 5755 @ 80), (6, 22), (N/A), AUTO-BW, NO-HT40MINUS, NO-160MHZ
>     (5755 - 5775 @ 80), (6, 22), (N/A), AUTO-BW, NO-HT40PLUS, NO-160MHZ
>     (5775 - 5795 @ 80), (6, 22), (N/A), AUTO-BW, NO-HT40MINUS, NO-160MHZ
>     (5795 - 5815 @ 80), (6, 22), (N/A), AUTO-BW, NO-HT40PLUS, NO-160MHZ
>     (5815 - 5835 @ 40), (6, 22), (N/A), AUTO-BW, NO-HT40MINUS, 
> NO-80MHZ, NO-160MHZ
>
> The iw phy# info also shows that the 6GHz channels are not enabled. We 
> have found one commit which is included in the "5.15.0-rc7" tag which 
> indicates that 6Ghz channels are now supported in the driver.
>
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sforshee/wireless-regdb.git/commit/?id=cdf854d2ddca01bf126ac138a8ee3e5d6320086f 
>
>
> From "iw reg get" output it looks like the intel firmware may not be 
> supporting the 6GHz channels.
> When we can we expect the support for 6GHz channels for Germany?
>
> Warm regards,
> Sharadanand Karanjkar
>