On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 8:27 AM, Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 2015-11-03 at 08:08 -0800, Tim Harvey wrote: >> >> Out of curiosity, can you explain what you mean about 'regulatory >> concerns'? There are channels in the 5GHz band that can be used in >> FCC >> with and without DFS. Is it that certification in the 5GHz band is >> optional and Intel didn't want to do the certification? >> > > I believe the reason is that the device is sold in countries other than > the US. Surprise! ;-) > > johannes Johannes, No surprise that its sold outside the US, but why should that mean it should exclude 5GHz support? They all have their regulatory domains and my understanding is that the intersection of the reg domain rules and card capabilities should dictate if they can operate as an AP per 5GHz channel. So I'm trying to understand why this card is dropping that capability. Thanks, Tim -- 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
