Setting the EU or DE regulatory domain (cfg80211 ieee80211_regdom=EU) seems to be working, but afterwards inserting the rtl8187 driver causes crash: Linux version 2.6.29-rc8, at commit 59fcbddaff6f862cc1584b488866d9c4a5579085 [ 13.872135] cfg80211: Using static regulatory domain info [ 13.872177] cfg80211: Regulatory domain: EU [ 13.872209] (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp) [ 13.872258] (2402000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, _2000_ mBm) [ 13.872294] (5170000 KHz - 5190000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm) [ 13.872329] (5190000 KHz - 5210000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm) [ 13.872364] (5210000 KHz - 5230000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm) [ 13.872399] (5230000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2000 mBm) [ 13.872434] (5490000 KHz - 5710000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 3000 mBm) ... [ 14.616725] rtl8187: 8187B chip detected. [ 14.616781] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000008 [ 14.616848] IP: [<ffffffffa01644d7>] wiphy_update_regulatory+0x287/0x310 [cfg80211] [ 14.616914] PGD be1e7067 PUD be10f067 PMD 0 [ 14.616973] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP [ 14.617024] last sysfs file: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/block/sda/sda9/dev [ 14.617076] CPU 0 [ 14.617111] Modules linked in: snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss rtl8187(+) snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi joydev mac80211 uvcvideo btusb snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq eeprom_93cx6 bluetooth evdev snd_timer snd_seq_device snd cfg80211 videodev v4l1_compat v4l2_compat_ioctl32 usbhid hid video output rfkill psmouse serio_raw soundcore snd_page_alloc pcspkr input_polldev ac battery button intel_agp iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support shpchp pci_hotplug sd_mod crc_t10dif sr_mod cdrom sg pata_acpi r8169 mii uhci_hcd dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_snapshot dm_mod thermal processor fan fuse [ 14.617936] Pid: 1789, comm: modprobe Not tainted 2.6.29-rc8-mc29-01 #1 Satellite L300 [ 14.617982] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa01644d7>] [<ffffffffa01644d7>] wiphy_update_regulatory+0x287/0x310 [cfg80211] [ 14.618047] RSP: 0018:ffff8800be0adba8 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 14.618078] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffffa0169a10 [ 14.618111] RDX: 0000000000004e20 RSI: 000000000025e720 RDI: 0000000000000000 [ 14.618146] RBP: ffff8800be0adc18 R08: 000000000053c550 R09: 0000000000000006 [ 14.618180] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: ffffffffa0169998 R12: 0000000000259900 [ 14.618214] R13: 000000000025c010 R14: 0000000000000006 R15: ffff8800bdd79c4c [ 14.618248] FS: 00007fa2cdcea6e0(0000) GS:ffffffff8084f080(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 14.618295] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b [ 14.618327] CR2: 0000000000000008 CR3: 00000000bd925000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 [ 14.618361] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 14.618395] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff4ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ 14.618430] Process modprobe (pid: 1789, threadinfo ffff8800be0ac000, task ffff8800bcc6ac00) [ 14.618478] Stack: [ 14.618503] 0000000000000002 00263540be0adc88 0000000100260e30 ffff8800bdd78080 [ 14.618567] 0000000d00000000 ffff8800bdd78180 ffff8800bdd79d00 0000000065f51f72 [ 14.618661] 00000000000009b4 0000000000000044 ffff8800bdd78080 ffff8800bdd78000 [ 14.618778] Call Trace: [ 14.618805] [<ffffffffa0163436>] wiphy_register+0x106/0x200 [cfg80211] [ 14.618854] [<ffffffffa01f11cf>] ieee80211_register_hw+0x5f/0x400 [mac80211] [ 14.618908] [<ffffffffa02534ef>] rtl8187_probe+0x5ec/0x7d5 [rtl8187] [ 14.618953] [<ffffffff80343d89>] ? __sysfs_add_one+0x39/0xb0 [ 14.619007] [<ffffffffa024b7e0>] ? rtl8187_eeprom_register_read+0x0/0x90 [rtl8187] [ 14.619066] [<ffffffffa024b5e0>] ? rtl8187_eeprom_register_write+0x0/0xa0 [rtl8187] [ 14.619125] [<ffffffff804deefa>] usb_probe_interface+0xfa/0x280 [ 14.619171] [<ffffffff8049ace4>] driver_probe_device+0xc4/0x320 [ 14.619214] [<ffffffff8049af40>] ? __driver_attach+0x0/0xb0 [ 14.619257] [<ffffffff8049afeb>] __driver_attach+0xab/0xb0 [ 14.619299] [<ffffffff8049af40>] ? __driver_attach+0x0/0xb0 [ 14.619341] [<ffffffff8049a30b>] bus_for_each_dev+0x6b/0xa0 [ 14.619383] [<ffffffff8049aa21>] driver_attach+0x21/0x30 [ 14.619424] [<ffffffff804999fd>] bus_add_driver+0x15d/0x2a0 [ 14.619467] [<ffffffff8049b231>] driver_register+0x71/0x150 [ 14.619510] [<ffffffff804dec09>] usb_register_driver+0xa9/0x120 [ 14.619553] [<ffffffffa0259000>] ? rtl8187_init+0x0/0x20 [rtl8187] [ 14.619596] [<ffffffffa025901e>] rtl8187_init+0x1e/0x20 [rtl8187] [ 14.619639] [<ffffffff80209041>] _stext+0x41/0x170 [ 14.619681] [<ffffffff80263f28>] ? __blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x68/0x90 [ 14.619728] [<ffffffff80275715>] sys_init_module+0xb5/0x200 [ 14.619770] [<ffffffff8020c94b>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b [ 14.619813] Code: 00 0f 8e 99 fe ff ff 89 f0 2b 41 0c 89 c2 c1 fa 1f 31 d0 29 d0 3d 80 84 1e 00 41 0f 9e c2 e9 7d fe ff ff 90 48 8b 05 d1 9a 00 00 <83> 78 08 04 74 64 83 4d cc 01 8b 45 cc 41 89 47 0c e9 2c ff ff [ 14.620519] RIP [<ffffffffa01644d7>] wiphy_update_regulatory+0x287/0x310 [cfg80211] [ 14.620578] RSP <ffff8800be0adba8> [ 14.620606] CR2: 0000000000000008 [ 14.620694] ---[ end trace 6cd00e5f40edb2f1 ]--- without changing the regulatory domain: [ 14.101092] cfg80211: Using static regulatory domain info [ 14.101132] cfg80211: Regulatory domain: US [ 14.101161] (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp) [ 14.101207] (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2700 mBm) [ 14.101240] (5170000 KHz - 5190000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm) [ 14.101273] (5190000 KHz - 5210000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm) [ 14.101307] (5210000 KHz - 5230000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm) [ 14.101340] (5230000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm) [ 14.101373] (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 3000 mBm) [ 14.101406] cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: US ... [ 14.926271] rtl8187: 8187B chip detected. [ 14.926489] wmaster0 (rtl8187): not using net_device_ops yet [ 14.926822] phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel' [ 14.953454] input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input9 [ 15.401956] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22 [ 15.402103] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: setting latency timer to 64 [ 15.430230] wlan0 (rtl8187): not using net_device_ops yet [ 15.430630] phy0: hwaddr , RTL8187BvE V0 + rtl8225z2 [ 15.430735] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8187 [ 16.804031] hda_intel: azx_get_response timeout, switching to polling mode: last cmd=0x003ba000 [ 16.863070] Adding 6144820k swap on /dev/sda6. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:6144820k [ 21.000066] Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = -400111373 ns) ./iw list Wiphy phy0 Band 1: Frequencies: * 2412 MHz [1] (27.0 dBm) * 2417 MHz [2] (27.0 dBm) * 2422 MHz [3] (27.0 dBm) * 2427 MHz [4] (27.0 dBm) * 2432 MHz [5] (27.0 dBm) * 2437 MHz [6] (27.0 dBm) * 2442 MHz [7] (27.0 dBm) * 2447 MHz [8] (27.0 dBm) * 2452 MHz [9] (27.0 dBm) * 2457 MHz [10] (27.0 dBm) * 2462 MHz [11] (27.0 dBm) * 2467 MHz [12] (disabled) * 2472 MHz [13] (disabled) * 2484 MHz [14] (disabled) Bitrates: * 1.0 Mbps * 2.0 Mbps * 5.5 Mbps * 11.0 Mbps * 6.0 Mbps * 9.0 Mbps * 12.0 Mbps * 18.0 Mbps * 24.0 Mbps * 36.0 Mbps * 48.0 Mbps * 54.0 Mbps Supported interface modes: * Station * Monitor -- 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
