Hi,
I have a problem with the ath10k driver when using a board data with the
World Wide regdomain.
The problem I see is that the country code is not reflected in the FW.
When I load the driver with the regdomain in the EEPROM to 0x60, the
regulatory domain of the system is set to 00 (this is correct)
# driver load relevant messages
[ 30.609243] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: htt-ver 3.53 wmi-op 4 htt-op 3
cal otp max-sta 32 raw 0 hwcrypto 1
[ 30.688608] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x60
[ 30.688616] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
[ 30.688629] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
[ 30.692688] ath: Regpair used: 0x60
# ifconfig wlan0 up
[ 35.793804] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: Unknown eventid: 3
[ 35.819288] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: Unknown eventid: 118809
[ 35.822234] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: Unknown eventid: 90118
[ 35.845798] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
# iw reg get
global
country 00: DFS-UNSET
(2402 - 2472 @ 40), (N/A, 20), (N/A)
(2457 - 2482 @ 20), (N/A, 20), (N/A), AUTO-BW, NO-IR
(2474 - 2494 @ 20), (N/A, 20), (N/A), NO-OFDM, NO-IR
(5170 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (N/A), AUTO-BW, NO-IR
(5250 - 5330 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW, NO-IR
(5490 - 5730 @ 160), (N/A, 20), (0 ms), DFS, NO-IR
(5735 - 5835 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (N/A), NO-IR
(57240 - 63720 @ 2160), (N/A, 0), (N/A)
Just at this point, checking the available channels, it shows that
channels 40 and 44 can be used (first thing wrong)
# iw list | grep -E " MHz " | grep -Ev "disabled|radar"
* 2412 MHz [1] (20.0 dBm)
* 2417 MHz [2] (20.0 dBm)
* 2422 MHz [3] (20.0 dBm)
* 2427 MHz [4] (20.0 dBm)
* 2432 MHz [5] (20.0 dBm)
* 2437 MHz [6] (20.0 dBm)
* 2442 MHz [7] (20.0 dBm)
* 2447 MHz [8] (20.0 dBm)
* 2452 MHz [9] (20.0 dBm)
* 2457 MHz [10] (20.0 dBm)
* 2462 MHz [11] (20.0 dBm)
* 2467 MHz [12] (20.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 2472 MHz [13] (20.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 2484 MHz [14] (20.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 5180 MHz [36] (30.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 5200 MHz [40] (30.0 dBm)
* 5220 MHz [44] (30.0 dBm)
* 5240 MHz [48] (30.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 5720 MHz [144] (30.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 5745 MHz [149] (30.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 5765 MHz [153] (30.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 5785 MHz [157] (30.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 5805 MHz [161] (30.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 5825 MHz [165] (30.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 5845 MHz [169] (30.0 dBm) (no IR)
Apart of that, if I set a country manually, the system is reconfigured
to that domain and I see the next messages.
# iw reg set DE
[ 163.571806] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x8114
[ 163.576283] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a country code
[ 163.576287] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
[ 163.576290] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x37
[ 163.576293] ath: Country alpha2 being used: DE
[ 163.576296] ath: Regpair used: 0x37
[ 163.576301] ath: regdomain 0x8114 dynamically updated by user
And this is how the regulatory is set.
# iw reg get
global
country DE: DFS-ETSI
(2400 - 2483 @ 40), (N/A, 20), (N/A)
(5150 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 23), (N/A), NO-OUTDOOR, AUTO-BW
(5250 - 5350 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (0 ms), NO-OUTDOOR, DFS, AUTO-BW
(5470 - 5725 @ 160), (N/A, 26), (0 ms), DFS
(5725 - 5875 @ 80), (N/A, 13), (N/A)
(57000 - 66000 @ 2160), (N/A, 40), (N/A)
And checking again, the channels are incorrect (see the NO-IR), so I can
not use those channels (I want to use them as access point)
# iw list | grep -E " MHz " | grep -Ev "disabled|radar"
* 2412 MHz [1] (20.0 dBm)
* 2417 MHz [2] (20.0 dBm)
* 2422 MHz [3] (20.0 dBm)
* 2427 MHz [4] (20.0 dBm)
* 2432 MHz [5] (20.0 dBm)
* 2437 MHz [6] (20.0 dBm)
* 2442 MHz [7] (20.0 dBm)
* 2447 MHz [8] (20.0 dBm)
* 2452 MHz [9] (20.0 dBm)
* 2457 MHz [10] (20.0 dBm)
* 2462 MHz [11] (20.0 dBm)
* 2467 MHz [12] (20.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 2472 MHz [13] (20.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 5180 MHz [36] (23.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 5200 MHz [40] (23.0 dBm)
* 5220 MHz [44] (23.0 dBm)
* 5240 MHz [48] (23.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 5745 MHz [149] (13.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 5765 MHz [153] (13.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 5785 MHz [157] (13.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 5805 MHz [161] (13.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 5825 MHz [165] (13.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 5845 MHz [169] (13.0 dBm) (no IR)
On the other hand, if I use a fixed country, everything works fine.
[ 22.820336] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x8348
[ 22.820343] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a country code
[ 22.820349] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
[ 22.820353] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x3a
[ 22.820357] ath: Country alpha2 being used: US
[ 22.820360] ath: Regpair used: 0x3a
# iw reg get
global
country US: DFS-FCC
(2402 - 2472 @ 40), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
(5170 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 23), (N/A), AUTO-BW
(5250 - 5330 @ 80), (N/A, 23), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW
(5490 - 5730 @ 160), (N/A, 23), (0 ms), DFS
(5735 - 5835 @ 80), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
(57240 - 63720 @ 2160), (N/A, 40), (N/A)
phy#0
country US: DFS-FCC
(2402 - 2472 @ 40), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
(5170 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 23), (N/A), AUTO-BW
(5250 - 5330 @ 80), (N/A, 23), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW
(5490 - 5730 @ 160), (N/A, 23), (0 ms), DFS
(5735 - 5835 @ 80), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
(57240 - 63720 @ 2160), (N/A, 40), (N/A)
# iw list | grep -E " MHz " | grep -Ev "disabled|radar"
* 2412 MHz [1] (30.0 dBm)
* 2417 MHz [2] (30.0 dBm)
* 2422 MHz [3] (30.0 dBm)
* 2427 MHz [4] (30.0 dBm)
* 2432 MHz [5] (30.0 dBm)
* 2437 MHz [6] (30.0 dBm)
* 2442 MHz [7] (30.0 dBm)
* 2447 MHz [8] (30.0 dBm)
* 2452 MHz [9] (30.0 dBm)
* 2457 MHz [10] (30.0 dBm)
* 2462 MHz [11] (30.0 dBm)
* 5180 MHz [36] (23.0 dBm)
* 5200 MHz [40] (23.0 dBm)
* 5220 MHz [44] (23.0 dBm)
* 5240 MHz [48] (23.0 dBm)
* 5745 MHz [149] (30.0 dBm)
* 5765 MHz [153] (30.0 dBm)
* 5785 MHz [157] (30.0 dBm)
* 5805 MHz [161] (30.0 dBm)
* 5825 MHz [165] (30.0 dBm)
Is this a bug? any fix on that?
Also notice, that for the World Wide case, there is not phy#0, only a
global entry, just in case it can give more light on the problem
