mvebu: Modify default EU regdomain for Linksys WRT AC devices #2074
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The mwlwifi driver sets the default country code for EU (fi- rmware region code 0x30) certified devices to FR (France), not DE (Germany). Whilst this is a trivial fix, novice users may not know how mwlwifi negatively reacts to a non-matching country code and may leave the setting alone. Especially si- nce it is under the advanced settings section in LuCI. Signed-off-by: Jose Olivera <oliverajeo@gmail.com>
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mwlwifi module is a real pain. I suggest to better apply https://github.com/ValCher1961/McDebian_WRT3200ACM/blob/master/kernel-4.14.X/patch.regfree patch to remove the regulatory domain restriction because this causes a lot of troubles. @yuhhaurlin the main developer agreed to do that but he never did it, now a days the module seems unmantained, even more for the chipset that have linksys routers cause the latest changes were more focused to bring up support for newer chips. kaloz/mwlwifi#280 (comment) here is the comment were the main developer told the restriction will be removed, but that was more than one year ago. |
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I have added a pull request adding the McDebian patch to remove the contry restriction for mwlwifi in OpenWrt #2397 |
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Thanks, pulled into my staging tree. |
The mwlwifi driver sets the default country code for EU (fi-
rmware region code 0x30) certified devices to FR (France),
not DE (Germany). Whilst this is a trivial fix, novice users
may not know how mwlwifi negatively reacts to a non-matching
country code and may leave the setting alone. Especially si-
nce it is under the advanced settings section in LuCI.
Signed-off-by: Jose Olivera oliverajeo@gmail.com
Additional info not in original commit message:
Relevant mwlwifi driver code: kaloz/mwlwifi@0a55031
The mwlwifi driver readme states "Please don't change country
code and let mwlwifi set it for you." However, OpenWrt's current
behaviour does not adhere to this with its default, 'just flashed
from factory' setting for EU devices.