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Re: [PATCH] ath9k: fix DFS detector synchronization

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Timothy Redaelli <tredaelli@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Fri, 09 Feb 2018 10:01:09 +0200
> Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Timothy Redaelli <tredaelli@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> 
>> > The code currently syncronize the DFS region only if curchan != 0,
>> > but hostapd launch DFS before the channel is set and so
>> > set_dfs_domain is never executed.
>> >
>> > CC: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxx>
>> > Signed-off-by: Timothy Redaelli <tredaelli@xxxxxxxxxx>  
>> 
>> What kind of bug does this fix? Please describe the symptoms from
>> user's point of view.
>
> With the current code radar detection (CAC) doesn't work on ath9k
> since "dpd_set_domain" is only called once with NL80211_DFS_UNSET (0) as
> region and so "dpd_add_pulse" always returns true (radar detected)
> without doing a real scan.
>
> You can test it easily with a kernel built with
> CONFIG_ATH9K_DFS_CERTIFIED and by using a simple hostapd configuration:
>
> interface=wlp1s0
> hw_mode=a
> channel=acs_survey
> chanlist=100 104 108 112 116 120 124 128 132 136 140
> ieee80211d=1
> ieee80211h=1
> country_code=US
> ieee80211n=1
> wmm_enabled=1
> ssid=testwifi

Any ideas what broke this? Or has it never worked with FCC (US)?

Anyway, please add this info to the commit log and submit v2.

-- 
Kalle Valo



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