On Thu, 2008-10-16 at 04:38 -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> So.. you didn't look at the code to check where it may have failed...
IIRC, below patch changes the previously allowing none 5GHz channels to
allowing all 5GHZ channels. It does resolve our problem. But is it the
correct behaviour? Or did I miss anything?
Thanks,
-yi
> Anyway try this one. This changes two lines, it checks if the band check
> was already true, if so it doesn't overwrite it. If I get a chance I'll
> test it.
>
> diff --git a/net/wireless/reg.c b/net/wireless/reg.c
> index 626dbb6..25b6f19 100644
> --- a/net/wireless/reg.c
> +++ b/net/wireless/reg.c
> @@ -469,6 +469,31 @@ static u32 freq_max_bandwidth(const struct ieee80211_freq_range *freq_range,
> return 0;
> }
>
> +/**
> + * freq_in_rule_band - tells us if a frequency rule is in freqs band
> + * @freq_range: frequency rule we want to query
> + * @freq_khz: frequency we are inquiring about
> + *
> + * This lets us know if a specific frequency rule is or is not relevant to
> + * a specific frequency's band. Bands are device specific and artificial
> + * definitions (the "2.4 GHz band" and the "5 GHz band"), however it is
> + * safe for now to assume that a frequency rule should not be part of a
> + * frequency's band if the start freq or end freq are off by more than 2 GHz.
> + * This resolution can be lowered and should be considered as we add
> + * regulatory rule support for other "bands".
> + **/
> +static bool freq_in_rule_band(const struct ieee80211_freq_range *freq_range,
> + u32 freq_khz)
> +{
> +#define ONE_GHZ_IN_HZ 1000000000
> + if (abs(freq_khz - freq_range->start_freq_khz) <= (2 * ONE_GHZ_IN_HZ))
> + return true;
> + if (abs(freq_khz - freq_range->end_freq_khz) <= (2 * ONE_GHZ_IN_HZ))
> + return true;
> + return false;
> +#undef ONE_GHZ_IN_HZ
> +}
> +
> /* XXX: add support for the rest of enum nl80211_reg_rule_flags, we may
> * want to just have the channel structure use these */
> static u32 map_regdom_flags(u32 rd_flags)
> @@ -492,11 +517,17 @@ static u32 map_regdom_flags(u32 rd_flags)
> * @reg_rule: the regulatory rule which we have for this frequency
> *
> * Use this function to get the regulatory rule for a specific frequency.
> + * It returns 0 if it was able to find a valid regulatory rule which does
> + * apply to the given center_freq otherwise it returns non-zero. It will
> + * also -ERANGE if we determine the given center_freq does not even have
> + * a regulatory rule for a frequency range in the center_freq's band. See
> + * freq_in_rule_band() for our current definition of a band.
> */
> static int freq_reg_info(u32 center_freq, u32 *bandwidth,
> const struct ieee80211_reg_rule **reg_rule)
> {
> int i;
> + bool band_rule_found = false;
> u32 max_bandwidth = 0;
>
> if (!cfg80211_regdomain)
> @@ -510,6 +541,13 @@ static int freq_reg_info(u32 center_freq, u32 *bandwidth,
> rr = &cfg80211_regdomain->reg_rules[i];
> fr = &rr->freq_range;
> pr = &rr->power_rule;
> +
> + /* We only need to know if one frequency rule was
> + * was in center_freq's band, that's enough, so lets
> + * not overwrite it once found */
> + if (!band_rule_found)
> + band_rule_found = freq_in_rule_band(fr, center_freq);
> +
> max_bandwidth = freq_max_bandwidth(fr, center_freq);
> if (max_bandwidth && *bandwidth <= max_bandwidth) {
> *reg_rule = rr;
> @@ -518,6 +556,9 @@ static int freq_reg_info(u32 center_freq, u32 *bandwidth,
> }
> }
>
> + if (!band_rule_found)
> + return -ERANGE;
> +
> return !max_bandwidth;
> }
>
> @@ -533,8 +574,15 @@ static void handle_channel(struct ieee80211_channel *chan)
> &max_bandwidth, ®_rule);
>
> if (r) {
> - flags |= IEEE80211_CHAN_DISABLED;
> - chan->flags = flags;
> + /* This means a regulatory rule was found with a frequency
> + * range in center_freq's band. In this case we know the
> + * regulatory rule has at least *one* regulatory rule for
> + * the band so we must respect its band definitions. Otherwise
> + * we assume it may not even know anything about our band */
> + if (r != -ERANGE) {
> + flags |= IEEE80211_CHAN_DISABLED;
> + chan->flags = flags;
> + }
> return;
> }
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