[LEDE-DEV] [PATCH] mac80211: respect user-set regulatory domain by default

2016-05-25 Thread Daniel Golle
It turns out most device vendors don't set the correct country code in their devices' on-flash-EEPROM sections as they apparently rather provide a complete per-target-market firmware with patched drivers instead of just setting the country code. This results in the driver to incorrectly assume the

Re: [LEDE-DEV] [PATCH] mac80211: respect user-set regulatory domain by default

2016-05-25 Thread Alexander Couzens
On Wed, 25 May 2016 19:32:01 +0200 Daniel Golle wrote: > It turns out most device vendors don't set the correct country code > in their devices' on-flash-EEPROM sections as they apparently rather > provide a complete per-target-market firmware with patched drivers > instead of just setting the co

Re: [LEDE-DEV] [PATCH] mac80211: respect user-set regulatory domain by default

2016-05-25 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Thu, 2016-05-26 at 02:57 +0200, Alexander Couzens wrote: > On Wed, 25 May 2016 19:32:01 +0200 > Daniel Golle wrote: > > I really like this commit. > Can you set the country *explicit* to world in /etc/config/wireless > before appling this patch? > If the FCC hadn't already completely knobb

Re: [LEDE-DEV] [PATCH] mac80211: respect user-set regulatory domain by default

2016-05-26 Thread Daniel Golle
Hi Daniel! On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 09:29:23PM -0400, Daniel Dickinson wrote: > ... > If the FCC hadn't already completely knobbish and basically eliminated > (or least required one to be much more determined and skilled) the > ability to use OpenWrt/LEDE on new routers in the US anyway, I might >

Re: [LEDE-DEV] [PATCH] mac80211: respect user-set regulatory domain by default

2016-05-26 Thread Daniel Golle
Hi lynxis! On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 02:57:28AM +0200, Alexander Couzens wrote: > ... > I really like this commit. Good to hear that. I believe it's long overdue and the current situation led to quite a lot of problems (such as people needing hackish tools to simply set the regulatory domain to the

Re: [LEDE-DEV] [PATCH] mac80211: respect user-set regulatory domain by default

2016-05-26 Thread David Lang
On Thu, 26 May 2016, Daniel Golle wrote: Hi Daniel! On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 09:29:23PM -0400, Daniel Dickinson wrote: ... If the FCC hadn't already completely knobbish and basically eliminated (or least required one to be much more determined and skilled) the ability to use OpenWrt/LEDE on new

Re: [LEDE-DEV] [PATCH] mac80211: respect user-set regulatory domain by default

2016-05-31 Thread Daniel Golle
Hi David, On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 02:51:17AM -0700, David Lang wrote: > On Thu, 26 May 2016, Daniel Golle wrote: > > > Hi Daniel! > > > > On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 09:29:23PM -0400, Daniel Dickinson wrote: > > > ... > > > If the FCC hadn't already completely knobbish and basically eliminated > > >