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Re: ath6kl: Remove old 802.11a-only channels

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Rostyslav Khudolii <rkhudolii@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Channels 34/38/42/46 can only be used for compatibility with old devices sold
> in Japan. Modern products, such as AR6003/AR6004 don't support these channels.
> Keeping them in the upstream is error prone and requires full network stack
> support.  A custom patch should be used in case such compatibility is required.
> 
> Without this one, a user is able to start an AP using wpa_supplicant, for
> example, on one of these channels (34/38/42/46), without getting any
> warning/error from the cfg80211 or ath6kl - which is correct (since these
> channels match regdom rules). However, the AR6003 and its firmware (we're using
> v3.4.0.225) will fail and return "WMI_CMDERROR_EVENTID" with "INVALID_PARAM"
> error code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rostyslav Khudolii <rkhudolii@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Attila Sukosd <attila@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

b51040fc375c ath6kl: Remove old 802.11a-only channels

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9615199/

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