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Bug#621737: linux-image-2.6.32-5-powerpc: ath ignores regulatory domain setting



On Sun, 2011-04-10 at 07:31 +0100, Anton Ivanov wrote:
> On 04/10/11 00:55, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > On Fri, 2011-04-08 at 13:39 +0100, Anton Ivanov wrote:
> >    
> >> Package: linux-2.6
> >> Version: 2.6.32-30
> >> Severity: minor
> >>
> >>
> >> ath driver ignores reg domain setting passed via cfg80211 and uses one
> >> from EEPROM instead. This setting a lot of cheap cards is CN. As a result
> >> the reg domain is set incorrectly (and for some countries illegally).
> >>      
> > [...]
> >
> > What do you mean by 'passed via cfg80211'?  Are you setting the
> > ieee80211_regdom module parameter?
> >
> > Ben.
> >
> >    
> Yes. No effect. ath still reads from eeprom.

It's supposed to *read* from EEPROM; the question is whether you are
able to override that value.  What does '/usr/sbin/iw reg get' say?
(This command is in the 'iw' package.)

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.

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