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RE: [PATCH] mwifiex: Add module parameter for regdomain

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Hi Kalle,

> > From: Avinash Patil <patila@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Allow a regulatory domain country code to be specified at boot
> > using a module argument.  This overrides the firmware regulatory
> > mode.
> >
> > This patch also enables uAP to operate in 11a mode with hostapd.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Avinash Patil <patila@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Paul Stewart <pstew@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Bing Zhao <bzhao@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> This looks ugly. Why can't you use the proper nl80211 interface and
> instead want to add a driver specific hack?

"iw reg set XX" or "country_code=XX" in hostapd.conf is a *user* hint.
What we need here is a *driver* hint.
Furthermore, with a driver regulatory hint, the passive-scan and no-ibss flags are cleared so we can start AP with hostapd on 5G band.

Thanks,
Bing

> 
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> Kalle Valo
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