cfg80211: enable 5 GHz world roaming channels
authorLuis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:20:38 +0000 (00:20 -0500)
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:52:59 +0000 (14:52 -0500)
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 <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
net/wireless/reg.c

index 85c2c31721ec0f269b3b9a54f6034ba8c597b75c..da2a8aca4280b600e835a532c5598e01fce65dc5 100644 (file)
@@ -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),
        }
 };