From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from cpsmtpm-eml101.kpnxchange.com ([195.121.3.5]:54123 "EHLO CPSMTPM-EML101.kpnxchange.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752371AbZHGLYp (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Aug 2009 07:24:45 -0400 From: Frans Pop To: Chris Clayton Subject: Re: ath5k - strange regulatory domain change Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 13:24:44 +0200 Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: In-reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-Id: <200908071324.45269.elendil@planet.nl> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Chris Clayton wrote: > Because of some problems with my Belkin Wireless G card (model > F5D7010) and the rt61pci driver, I've started to use a "no-name" card > that is supported by the ath5k driver. > > A problem is that I have come across is that for some reason the CN > regulatory domain is being set automatically. This doesn't happen with > the Belkin (rt61) card. I have the following line in > /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf to set the regulatory domain to GB: > > options cfg80211 ieee80211_regdom=GB This issue has already been discussed extensively (after I reported it). Please see the following thread: http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/8/421. It contains a lot of information from the wireless maintainers. Cheers. FJP