iwlwifi: ignore IBSS flag as regulatory NO-IR indication
authorArik Nemtsov <arik@wizery.com>
Thu, 30 Oct 2014 13:12:39 +0000 (15:12 +0200)
committerEmmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Thu, 12 Mar 2015 07:57:24 +0000 (09:57 +0200)
According to updated regulatory guidelines, the ACTIVE bit in the NVM
also allows ibss activity on the channel. The IBSS NVM bit is not updated
when LAR is active and is deprecated. Using this bit for NO-IR incorrectly
causes all 5Ghz channels to be marked as passive.

Signed-off-by: Arik Nemtsov <arikx.nemtsov@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-nvm-parse.c

index a49666f..99476bd 100644 (file)
@@ -684,9 +684,6 @@ static u32 iwl_nvm_get_regdom_bw_flags(const u8 *nvm_chan,
        if (!(nvm_flags & NVM_CHANNEL_160MHZ))
                flags |= NL80211_RRF_NO_160MHZ;
 
-       if (!(nvm_flags & NVM_CHANNEL_IBSS))
-               flags |= NL80211_RRF_NO_IR;
-
        if (!(nvm_flags & NVM_CHANNEL_ACTIVE))
                flags |= NL80211_RRF_NO_IR;
 
@@ -784,11 +781,10 @@ iwl_parse_nvm_mcc_info(struct device *dev, int num_of_ch, __le32 *channels,
                prev_center_freq = center_freq;
 
                IWL_DEBUG_DEV(dev, IWL_DL_LAR,
-                             "Ch. %d [%sGHz] %s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s(0x%02x): Ad-Hoc %ssupported\n",
+                             "Ch. %d [%sGHz] %s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s(0x%02x): Ad-Hoc %ssupported\n",
                              center_freq,
                              band == IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ ? "5.2" : "2.4",
                              CHECK_AND_PRINT_I(VALID),
-                             CHECK_AND_PRINT_I(IBSS),
                              CHECK_AND_PRINT_I(ACTIVE),
                              CHECK_AND_PRINT_I(RADAR),
                              CHECK_AND_PRINT_I(WIDE),
@@ -798,7 +794,7 @@ iwl_parse_nvm_mcc_info(struct device *dev, int num_of_ch, __le32 *channels,
                              CHECK_AND_PRINT_I(INDOOR_ONLY),
                              CHECK_AND_PRINT_I(GO_CONCURRENT),
                              ch_flags,
-                             ((ch_flags & NVM_CHANNEL_IBSS) &&
+                             ((ch_flags & NVM_CHANNEL_ACTIVE) &&
                               !(ch_flags & NVM_CHANNEL_RADAR))
                                         ? "" : "not ");
        }