On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:18 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Gábor Stefanik > <netrolller.3d@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> If we enable passive scan on channels 12-14 on the world regdomain >>> (which it seems we should) that would cure this issue as well. >>> Thoughts? >>> >>> Luis >>> >> >> What if the user wants to host an AP? What if "MyNET123" is ad-hoc or >> mesh? What if the user needs packet injection? > > Then if you see an AP around you you can determine you can beacon as > well (did you see the new beacon hint patches I sent?) otherwise you > need crda and you need to set your regdomain. Mind you AP support > didn't got in for mac80211 drivers until 2.6.29 where OLD_REG is still > default. The patch in question is for 2.6.30 and it not about > _removing_ OLD_REG, its about not making it default, the patch > suggests removal for 2.6.31. > > Also remember that hostapd supports setting the country from the > configuration file as well. > >> Forcing the initial >> regdomain to world is not a good idea. > > OLD_REG implies just that -- its old, meaning we're moving on to new > things. The new strategy we decided on was to not rely on static > regulatory domains in the kernel so so the only reasonable option in > the absence of location information is to default to world. I mean forcing the initial regdomain to world even when CRDA is available - the only way to set the regdomain on boot without the modparam on an existing distro is editing init scripts, which changes depending on the distro. (I've seen distros which didn't allow direct editing of init scripts, instead they were auto-generated on each software change!) A distro upgrade is not always an option. > >> Channel 13 was also just an >> example, it could be an 5GHz channel as well. > > Sure, and I posted a new set of patches which enable 5 GHz passive scan as well. On all channels that may be available somewhere, or is it just an intersection? > > Luis > -- Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-) -- 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
