Bing Zhao <bzhao@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > 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. So it's a driver hint which is coming from user space via a module parameter. IMHO you are abusing interfaces here. Is there any better way to solve your problem? -- Kalle Valo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
