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Re: b43: cannot set channel to 12

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Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Larry Finger <larry.finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
>> This is not a b43 problem. The standard loading of mac80211 sets an FCC regulatory domain, i.e. b/g
>> channels 1-11. You need to load mac80211 with a parameter of 'ieee80211_regdom=64'. That will allow
>> b/g channels 1-13. Technically, it sets the regulatory domain to Japan, but channel 14 is not allowed.
> 
> Thanks, that works.  (But I regard it as a regression.)

That is in the eye of the beholder. For those of us in FCC-land, the default behavior of bcm43xx
(channels 1-14) was a bug _AND_ a violation of regulations and law.

Handling regulatory domain information including allowed channels, power, etc. is still a big
weakness of all MAC layers, both hard and soft.

Larry
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