Re: [BUG] Can't change default country code from US to DE with Compex WLE900VX (Debian 10 Buster amd64)

["Rene 'Renne' Bartsch, B.Sc. Informatics" <ml@bartschnet.de>]

On an notebook and a PC (both 10-year-old and without UEFI) "sudo iw reg set DE" doesn't work either (current Debian 10 Live-DVD non-free).


Am 07.04.19 um 15:26 schrieb Rene 'Renne' Bartsch, B.Sc. Informatics:
> Mainboard: Fujitsu D-3643-H1x (https://www.fujitsu.com/global/products/computing/peripheral/mainboards/extended-lifecycle-main/d3643h.html)
> UEFI: 2.7; PI 1.6
> System Language: English (Chinese is the only other option)
> Keyboard Layout: German
> No other country/location options
> TPM: disabled
> Secure Boot Control: disabled
> Secure Boot Mode: Standard
> 
> 
> Parsing ACPI tables fails:
> renne@cloud:~$ sudo cat /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/DSDT > dsdt.dat && iasl -d dsdt.dat
> 
> Intel ACPI Component Architecture
> ASL+ Optimizing Compiler/Disassembler version 20181213
> Copyright (c) 2000 - 2018 Intel Corporation
> 
> Input file dsdt.dat, Length 0x1FBCD (129997) bytes
> ACPI: DSDT 0x0000000000000000 01FBCD (v02 FUJ    D3643-H1 10500000 INTL 20160527)
> Pass 1 parse of [DSDT]
> Pass 2 parse of [DSDT]
> ACPI Warning: Truncated 64-bit constant found in 32-bit table: 000010025D070100 => 5D070100 (20181213/dsobject-492)
> ACPI Warning: Truncated 64-bit constant found in 32-bit table: 000110025D070100 => 5D070100 (20181213/dsobject-492)
> ACPI Warning: Truncated 64-bit constant found in 32-bit table: 000210025D070100 => 5D070100 (20181213/dsobject-492)
> ACPI Warning: Truncated 64-bit constant found in 32-bit table: 000310025D070100 => 5D070100 (20181213/dsobject-492)
> ACPI Warning: Truncated 64-bit constant found in 32-bit table: 000010025D070000 => 5D070000 (20181213/dsobject-492)
> ACPI Warning: Truncated 64-bit constant found in 32-bit table: 000110025D070000 => 5D070000 (20181213/dsobject-492)
> ACPI Warning: Truncated 64-bit constant found in 32-bit table: 000210025D070000 => 5D070000 (20181213/dsobject-492)
> ACPI Warning: Truncated 64-bit constant found in 32-bit table: 000310025D070000 => 5D070000 (20181213/dsobject-492)
> Parsing Deferred Opcodes (Methods/Buffers/Packages/Regions)
> 
> Parsing completed
> Disassembly completed
> ASL Output:    dsdt.dsl - 892036 bytes
> 
> 
> Debian:
> Locale:
> GDM_LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
> LC_ADDRESS=de_DE.UTF-8
> LC_NAME=de_DE.UTF-8
> LC_MONETARY=de_DE.UTF-8
> LC_PAPER=de_DE.UTF-8
> LC_IDENTIFICATION=de_DE.UTF-8
> LC_TELEPHONE=de_DE.UTF-8
> LC_MEASUREMENT=de_DE.UTF-8
> LC_TIME=de_DE.UTF-8
> LC_NUMERIC=de_DE.UTF-8
> 
> Where else can I look?
> 
> Am 07.04.19 um 13:57 schrieb Sebastian Gottschall:
>> then its time to check your system settings and to fix your os specific quirks you may have like bios/uefi specific country settings.  so whatever your problem is, it seems to be OS/System specific.
>>
>> ath10k does handle bios specific country settings. see function "ath10k_mac_get_wrdd_regulatory / ath10k_mac_init_rd" in mac.c
>> simply override this function to ignore the acpi table country settings
>>
>>
>> root@ALPINE:~# iw reg get
>> global
>> country US: DFS-FCC
>>          (2402 - 2472 @ 40), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
>>          (5170 - 5330 @ 160), (N/A, 23), (N/A)
>>          (5490 - 5730 @ 160), (N/A, 23), (N/A)
>>          (5735 - 5835 @ 80), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
>>          (57240 - 63720 @ 2160), (N/A, 40), (N/A)
>>
>> phy#1
>> country US: DFS-FCC
>>          (2402 - 2472 @ 40), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
>>          (5170 - 5330 @ 160), (N/A, 23), (N/A)
>>          (5490 - 5730 @ 160), (N/A, 23), (N/A)
>>          (5735 - 5835 @ 80), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
>>          (57240 - 63720 @ 2160), (N/A, 40), (N/A)
>>
>> phy#0
>> country US: DFS-FCC
>>          (2402 - 2472 @ 40), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
>>          (5170 - 5330 @ 160), (N/A, 23), (N/A)
>>          (5490 - 5730 @ 160), (N/A, 23), (N/A)
>>          (5735 - 5835 @ 80), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
>>          (57240 - 63720 @ 2160), (N/A, 40), (N/A)
>>
>> root@ALPINE:~# iw reg set DE
>> root@ALPINE:~# iw reg get
>> global
>> country DE: DFS-ETSI
>>          (2400 - 2483 @ 40), (N/A, 20), (N/A)
>>          (5150 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 23), (N/A), NO-OUTDOOR
>>          (5250 - 5350 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (N/A), NO-OUTDOOR
>>          (5470 - 5725 @ 160), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
>>          (5725 - 5875 @ 80), (N/A, 14), (N/A)
>>          (57000 - 66000 @ 2160), (N/A, 40), (N/A)
>>
>> phy#1
>> country US: DFS-FCC
>>          (2402 - 2472 @ 40), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
>>          (5170 - 5330 @ 160), (N/A, 23), (N/A)
>>          (5490 - 5730 @ 160), (N/A, 23), (N/A)
>>          (5735 - 5835 @ 80), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
>>          (57240 - 63720 @ 2160), (N/A, 40), (N/A)
>>
>> phy#0
>> country US: DFS-FCC
>>          (2402 - 2472 @ 40), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
>>          (5170 - 5330 @ 160), (N/A, 23), (N/A)
>>          (5490 - 5730 @ 160), (N/A, 23), (N/A)
>>          (5735 - 5835 @ 80), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
>>          (57240 - 63720 @ 2160), (N/A, 40), (N/A)
>>
>>
>> Am 07.04.2019 um 11:41 schrieb Rene 'Renne' Bartsch, B.Sc. Informatics:
>>> Ask specifics and you shall receive ;-)
>>>
>>> With WLE900VX:
>>> renne@cloud:~$ sudo iw reg get && sudo modprobe ath10k_pci && sudo iw reg set DE && sudo iw reg get
>>> [sudo] password for renne:
>>> global
>>> country 98: DFS-UNSET
>>>    (2402 - 2472 @ 40), (N/A, 20), (N/A)
>>>    (5170 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (N/A), NO-OUTDOOR, AUTO-BW
>>>    (5250 - 5330 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (0 ms), NO-OUTDOOR, DFS, AUTO-BW
>>>    (5490 - 5725 @ 160), (N/A, 23), (0 ms), DFS
>>>    (5725 - 5730 @ 5), (N/A, 13), (0 ms), DFS
>>>    (5735 - 5835 @ 80), (N/A, 13), (N/A)
>>>    (57240 - 63720 @ 2160), (N/A, 40), (N/A)
>>>
>>> phy#0
>>> country US: DFS-FCC
>>>    (2402 - 2472 @ 40), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
>>>    (5170 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 23), (N/A), AUTO-BW
>>>    (5250 - 5330 @ 80), (N/A, 23), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW
>>>    (5490 - 5730 @ 160), (N/A, 23), (0 ms), DFS
>>>    (5735 - 5835 @ 80), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
>>>    (57240 - 63720 @ 2160), (N/A, 40), (N/A)
>>>
>>>
>>> global
>>> country 98: DFS-UNSET
>>>    (2402 - 2472 @ 40), (N/A, 20), (N/A)
>>>    (5170 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (N/A), NO-OUTDOOR, AUTO-BW
>>>    (5250 - 5330 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (0 ms), NO-OUTDOOR, DFS, AUTO-BW
>>>    (5490 - 5725 @ 160), (N/A, 23), (0 ms), DFS
>>>    (5725 - 5730 @ 5), (N/A, 13), (0 ms), DFS
>>>    (5735 - 5835 @ 80), (N/A, 13), (N/A)
>>>    (57240 - 63720 @ 2160), (N/A, 40), (N/A)
>>>
>>> phy#0
>>> country US: DFS-FCC
>>>    (2402 - 2472 @ 40), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
>>>    (5170 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 23), (N/A), AUTO-BW
>>>    (5250 - 5330 @ 80), (N/A, 23), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW
>>>    (5490 - 5730 @ 160), (N/A, 23), (0 ms), DFS
>>>    (5735 - 5835 @ 80), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
>>>    (57240 - 63720 @ 2160), (N/A, 40), (N/A)
>>>
>>>
>>> Without WLE900VX:
>>> renne@cloud:~$ sudo iw reg get && sudo modprobe ath10k_pci && sudo iw reg set DE && sudo iw reg get
>>> [sudo] password for renne:
>>> global
>>> country 00: DFS-UNSET
>>>    (2402 - 2472 @ 40), (6, 20), (N/A)
>>>    (2457 - 2482 @ 20), (6, 20), (N/A), AUTO-BW, PASSIVE-SCAN
>>>    (2474 - 2494 @ 20), (6, 20), (N/A), NO-OFDM, PASSIVE-SCAN
>>>    (5170 - 5250 @ 80), (6, 20), (N/A), AUTO-BW, PASSIVE-SCAN
>>>    (5250 - 5330 @ 80), (6, 20), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW, PASSIVE-SCAN
>>>    (5490 - 5730 @ 160), (6, 20), (0 ms), DFS, PASSIVE-SCAN
>>>    (5735 - 5835 @ 80), (6, 20), (N/A), PASSIVE-SCAN
>>>    (57240 - 63720 @ 2160), (N/A, 0), (N/A)
>>>
>>> global
>>> country DE: DFS-ETSI
>>>    (2400 - 2483 @ 40), (N/A, 20), (N/A)
>>>    (5150 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (N/A), NO-OUTDOOR, AUTO-BW
>>>    (5250 - 5350 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (0 ms), NO-OUTDOOR, DFS, AUTO-BW
>>>    (5470 - 5725 @ 160), (N/A, 26), (0 ms), DFS
>>>    (5725 - 5875 @ 80), (N/A, 13), (N/A)
>>>    (57000 - 66000 @ 2160), (N/A, 40), (N/A)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 07.04.19 um 10:41 schrieb Sebastian Gottschall:
>>>> your documentation is very unspecific. its unclear if you even tried to change the country code using "iw reg set"
>>>>
>>>> like ony any other qca/atheros card you can simply change the country code using iw reg set
>>>>
>>>> Am 07.04.2019 um 08:19 schrieb Rene 'Renne' Bartsch, B.Sc. Informatics:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I posted this to the linux-wireless mailing-list 4 days ago and did not receive an answer.
>>>>>
>>>>> The ath10k module sets the country code to "US" at initialization. After that the country code can't be changed anymore (e.g. to "DE").
>>>>>
>>>>> Compex support suggests setting "reg->country_code = CTRY_UNITED_STATES;" in "/drivers/net/wireless/ath/regd.c" to the local country.
>>>>> Patching and re-compiling every kernel-update isn't an option on an UEFI-only production system.
>>>>>
>>>>> Kernel version: 4.19.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.28-2 (2019-03-15) x86_64 GNU/Linux on Debian 10 Buster
>>>>>
>>>>> The WLE900VX is based on the QCA XB140 reference design.
>>>>>
>>>>> Until Thursday we have the option to return the cards to the dealer.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanx for any hint,
>>>>>
>>>>> Renne
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> renne@cloud:/lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0$ uname -a
>>>>> Linux cloud 4.19.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.28-2 (2019-03-15) x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>>>>
>>>>> renne@cloud:~$ ls /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/
>>>>> board.bin  firmware-4.bin  firmware-5.bin
>>>>>
>>>>> What doesn't work:
>>>>>
>>>>> /etc/modprobe.d/cfg80211.conf:
>>>>> options cfg80211 ieee80211_regdom=DE
>>>>>
>>>>> /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf:
>>>>> ...
>>>>> ieee80211d=1
>>>>> country_code=DE
>>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>> root@cloud:/# export COUNTRY=DE; /sbin/crda
>>>>> Failed to set regulatory domain: -7
>>>>>
>>>>> root@cloud:/# iw reg set DE && iw reg get
>>>>> global
>>>>> country 98: DFS-UNSET
>>>>>    (2402 - 2472 @ 40), (N/A, 20), (N/A)
>>>>>    (5170 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (N/A), NO-OUTDOOR, AUTO-BW
>>>>>    (5250 - 5330 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (0 ms), NO-OUTDOOR, DFS, AUTO-BW
>>>>>    (5490 - 5725 @ 160), (N/A, 23), (0 ms), DFS
>>>>>    (5725 - 5730 @ 5), (N/A, 13), (0 ms), DFS
>>>>>    (5735 - 5835 @ 80), (N/A, 13), (N/A)
>>>>>    (57240 - 63720 @ 2160), (N/A, 40), (N/A)
>>>>>
>>>>> phy#1
>>>>> country US: DFS-FCC
>>>>>   (2402 - 2472 @ 40), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
>>>>>   (5170 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 23), (N/A), AUTO-BW
>>>>>   (5250 - 5330 @ 80), (N/A, 23), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW
>>>>>   (5490 - 5730 @ 160), (N/A, 23), (0 ms), DFS
>>>>>   (5735 - 5835 @ 80), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
>>>>>   (57240 - 63720 @ 2160), (N/A, 40), (N/A)
>>>>>
>>>>> phy#0
>>>>> country US: DFS-FCC
>>>>>    (2402 - 2472 @ 40), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
>>>>>    (5170 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 23), (N/A), AUTO-BW
>>>>>    (5250 - 5330 @ 80), (N/A, 23), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW
>>>>>    (5490 - 5730 @ 160), (N/A, 23), (0 ms), DFS
>>>>>    (5735 - 5835 @ 80), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
>>>>>    (57240 - 63720 @ 2160), (N/A, 40), (N/A)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> LOGs:
>>>>>
>>>>> renne@cloud:~$ sudo dmesg | grep ath
>>>>> [    4.630113] ath10k_pci 0000:04:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
>>>>> [    4.630548] ath10k_pci 0000:04:00.0: pci irq msi oper_irq_mode 2 irq_mode 0 reset_mode 0
>>>>> [    4.803687] ath10k_pci 0000:04:00.0: firmware: failed to load ath10k/pre-cal-pci-0000:04:00.0.bin (-2)
>>>>> [    4.803700] ath10k_pci 0000:04:00.0: firmware: failed to load ath10k/cal-pci-0000:04:00.0.bin (-2)
>>>>> [    4.803872] ath10k_pci 0000:04:00.0: firmware: failed to load ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/firmware-6.bin (-2)
>>>>> [    4.804994] ath10k_pci 0000:04:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/firmware-5.bin
>>>>> [    4.804999] ath10k_pci 0000:04:00.0: qca988x hw2.0 target 0x4100016c chip_id 0x043202ff sub 0000:0000
>>>>> [    4.805000] ath10k_pci 0000:04:00.0: kconfig debug 0 debugfs 0 tracing 0 dfs 0 testmode 0
>>>>> [    4.805147] ath10k_pci 0000:04:00.0: firmware ver 10.2.4-1.0-00041 api 5 features no-p2p,raw-mode,mfp,allows-mesh-bcast crc32 f43fa422
>>>>> [    4.840158] ath10k_pci 0000:04:00.0: firmware: failed to load ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/board-2.bin (-2)
>>>>> [    4.840338] ath10k_pci 0000:04:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/board.bin
>>>>> [    4.840343] ath10k_pci 0000:04:00.0: board_file api 1 bmi_id N/A crc32 bebc7c08
>>>>> [    5.988575] ath10k_pci 0000:04:00.0: htt-ver 2.1 wmi-op 5 htt-op 2 cal otp max-sta 128 raw 0 hwcrypto 1
>>>>> [    6.067999] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x0
>>>>> [    6.068000] ath: EEPROM indicates default country code should be used
>>>>> [    6.068000] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
>>>>> [    6.068001] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x3a
>>>>> [    6.068002] ath: Country alpha2 being used: US
>>>>> [    6.068002] ath: Regpair used: 0x3a
>>>>> [    6.078078] ath10k_pci 0000:04:00.0 wlp4s0: renamed from wlan0
>>>>> [ 5099.420780] ath10k_pci 0000:04:00.0: pdev param 0 not supported by firmware
>>>>>
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