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Re: Bug: 2.6.32 ath5k, unable to connect to AP on channel 13

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2010/1/25 John S. Skogtvedt <jss@xxxxxx>:
> Gábor Stefanik skrev:
>> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 6:51 PM, Bob Copeland <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 4:12 PM, John S. Skogtvedt <jss@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> As the subject says, using ath5k on 2.6.32 I am not able to connect to
>>>> an AP on channel 13 (i.e. wpa_supplicant doesn't find the AP and thus
>>>> fails to associate). I'm in Norway, and the card is bought in Norway.
>>>> dmesg output:
>>>> [    7.205952] cfg80211: Using static regulatory domain info
>>>> [    7.205956] cfg80211: Regulatory domain: US
>>>> [    7.206243] cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: US
>>> Well, there's your problem, AFAICT.  You have
>>> CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY=y?  And ieee80211_regdom=EU doesn't work?
>>>
>>>> [    7.887265] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x80d0
>>>> [    7.887267] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a country code
>>>> [    7.887270] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
>>>> [    7.887272] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x37
>>>> [    7.887275] ath: Country alpha2 being used: DK
>>>> [    7.887277] ath: Regpair used: 0x37
>>>> [    8.288352] ath5k phy0: Atheros AR2414 chip found (MAC: 0x79, PHY: 0x45)
>>>> [    8.288607] cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: DK
>>> Denmark, which should allow the channels in question.
>>
>> However, does the DK regdomain really get set? Is CRDA installed?
>>
>
> Thank you, with CRDA installed it does work.
> (Debian doesn't currently package it, but I found a source package in
> the RFP bug report:
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=536502
> )
>
> However, shouldn't it work without CRDA with
> CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY=y and ieee80211_regdom=EU?

No, Atheros cards by default abide by a custom strict world regulatory
domain if CRDA is not present.

  Luis
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