Rostyslav Khudolii <[email protected]> wrote: > Channels 34/38/42/46 can only be used for compatibility with old devices sold > in Japan. Modern products, such as AR6003/AR6004 don't support these channels. > Keeping them in the upstream is error prone and requires full network stack > support. A custom patch should be used in case such compatibility is > required. > > Without this one, a user is able to start an AP using wpa_supplicant, for > example, on one of these channels (34/38/42/46), without getting any > warning/error from the cfg80211 or ath6kl - which is correct (since these > channels match regdom rules). However, the AR6003 and its firmware (we're > using > v3.4.0.225) will fail and return "WMI_CMDERROR_EVENTID" with "INVALID_PARAM" > error code. > > Signed-off-by: Rostyslav Khudolii <[email protected]> > Cc: Attila Sukosd <[email protected]>
Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks. b51040fc375c ath6kl: Remove old 802.11a-only channels -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9615199/ Documentation about submitting wireless patches and checking status from patchwork: https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
