On 06/24/2014 03:50 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 10:55:48PM +0200, Victor wrote: >> Hello, first of all i'm not sure if this is the proper place to ask >> since it seems mostly dev-related, but i have been looking everywhere >> trying to find a solution without luck, so i'm not sure if i >> encountered some kind of bug. >> >> Context: Setup of wireless AP using an intel 7260-ac on 5Ghz+ band, linux 3.15.1 This configuration is not supported. >> >> Problem found: the system shows all channels for Ghz band as (no IR), >> so they can't be used > > NO-IR means you can't initiate radiation, it doesn't mean they are > disabled. The NO-IR flag then means you cannot use modes of operation > that require you to initiate radiation first, there are two ways that > can happen: > > * beconing -- AP, IBSS, Mesh, P2P master mode > * active scanning > > You are still able to do passive scanning. The NO-IR flag can be > lifted from channels if the driver does like the idea of trusting > beacon hints: > > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Regulatory/processing_rules#Beacon_hints > > If the driver does not like those then you won't get the NO-IR flag > lifted when a beacon is found. There device follows the desire by > the silicon manufacturer and whoever deploys the device and integrates > it into your system so anything beyond this should be checked with > Intel folks. > > Luis > -- > 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 > -- 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
