From: Luis R. Rodriguez Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:20:38 +0000 (-0500) Subject: cfg80211: enable 5 GHz world roaming channels X-Git-Tag: v2.6.30-rc1~662^2~460^2~22 X-Git-Url: https://openfabrics.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3fc71f775af677f640f0f0780b16f1b0958f6d9d;p=~shefty%2Frdma-dev.git cfg80211: enable 5 GHz world roaming channels The current static world regulatory domain is too restrictive, we can use some 5 GHz channels world wide so long as they do not touch frequencies which require DFS. The compromise is we must also enforce passive scanning and disallow usage of a mode of operation that beacons: (AP | IBSS | Mesh) Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- diff --git a/net/wireless/reg.c b/net/wireless/reg.c index 85c2c31721e..da2a8aca428 100644 --- a/net/wireless/reg.c +++ b/net/wireless/reg.c @@ -73,11 +73,22 @@ static spinlock_t reg_requests_lock; /* We keep a static world regulatory domain in case of the absence of CRDA */ static const struct ieee80211_regdomain world_regdom = { - .n_reg_rules = 1, + .n_reg_rules = 3, .alpha2 = "00", .reg_rules = { /* IEEE 802.11b/g, channels 1..11 */ REG_RULE(2412-10, 2462+10, 40, 6, 20, 0), + /* IEEE 802.11a, channel 36..48 */ + REG_RULE(5180-10, 5240+10, 40, 6, 23, + NL80211_RRF_PASSIVE_SCAN | + NL80211_RRF_NO_IBSS), + + /* NB: 5260 MHz - 5700 MHz requies DFS */ + + /* IEEE 802.11a, channel 149..165 */ + REG_RULE(5745-10, 5825+10, 40, 6, 23, + NL80211_RRF_PASSIVE_SCAN | + NL80211_RRF_NO_IBSS), } };