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Re: [PATCH] zd1211rw: ignore unknown regulatory domain.

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On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 10:23 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 10:52 PM, Kouhei Sutou <kou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm using PLANEX GW-US54GXS (2019:5303) and it works with
>> the attached patch. Could you consider to merge the attached
>> patch?
>>
>> Problem: GW-US54GXS uses zd1211rw but zd1211rw doesn't have
>> a regulatory domain reported by GW-US54GXS (0x49).
>>
>> Solutions:
>>
>>  (1) add a new regulatory domain (0x49). Here is a patch to
>>      use the approach:
>
> Stephen, David, does 0x49 map to JP for zd1211 ? Are there other ones?
> Here is our list so far:
>
> #define ZD_REGDOMAIN_FCC        0x10
> #define ZD_REGDOMAIN_IC         0x20
> #define ZD_REGDOMAIN_ETSI       0x30
> #define ZD_REGDOMAIN_SPAIN      0x31
> #define ZD_REGDOMAIN_FRANCE     0x32
> #define ZD_REGDOMAIN_JAPAN_ADD  0x40
> #define ZD_REGDOMAIN_JAPAN      0x41
>
> This is what they map to:
>
> static struct zd_reg_alpha2_map reg_alpha2_map[] = {
>        { ZD_REGDOMAIN_FCC, "US" },
>        { ZD_REGDOMAIN_IC, "CA" },
>        { ZD_REGDOMAIN_ETSI, "DE" }, /* Generic ETSI, use most restrictive */

Note: This one is causing me problems here in Hungary, as it keeps
resetting my regdomain to Germany. I believe we should implement
allowing the user to choose regdomain in this case, but allowing only
regdomains in ETSI.

>        { ZD_REGDOMAIN_JAPAN, "JP" },
>        { ZD_REGDOMAIN_JAPAN_ADD, "JP" },
>        { ZD_REGDOMAIN_SPAIN, "ES" },
>        { ZD_REGDOMAIN_FRANCE, "FR" },
> };
>
> Kouhei, if no regulatory domain is found, instead we should world
> roam, we cannot allow letting the user change regulatory domains at
> their whim. We can, however let them choose one to help compliance,
> but you can only help compliance once you know your actual regulatory
> domain.
>
>  Luis
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