Zefir Kurtisi <zefir.kurtisi@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Tx power limitations at upper layers are interpreted in > the EIRP domain. When the user requests a given maximum > txpower, e.g. with: 'iw phy0 set txpower fixed 1500', > he expects the EIRP to be at or below 15dBm. > > In ath9k_hw_apply_txpower(), the interpretation is > different: the antenna-gain is capped against the > current txpower limit in the regulatory, but not > against the user set value. It ensures that the > resulting EIRP is below the limit defined by the > active countrycode, but not below the value the > user requested. > > In a scenario like e.g. > a) antenna_gain=6 > b) countrycode limits to eirp=18 > c) user set txpower=15 > this will cause a setting for AR_PHY_POWER_TX_RATE > regs resulting in an EIRP > 15. > > This patch ensures that antenna-gain is considered > whenever the txpower limit is adjusted and with that > the user set limits are kept. > > Signed-off-by: Zefir Kurtisi <zefir.kurtisi@xxxxxxxxxxx> Applied, thanks. -- 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
