Subject: kern/26710: ath: can't set countrycode
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.NetBSD.org>
From: Hubert Feyrer <feyrer@miyu.feyrer.net>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 08/19/2004 00:35:56
>Number: 26710
>Category: kern
>Synopsis: ath: can't set countrycode
>Confidential: no
>Severity: critical
>Priority: high
>Responsible: dyoung
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Wed Aug 18 22:37:00 UTC 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Hubert Feyrer
>Release: NetBSD 2.0_BETA
>Organization:
bla!
>Environment:
ath0 at pci2 dev 7 function 0
ath0: interrupting at irq 11
ath0: mac 5.6 phy 4.1 5ghz radio 1.7 2ghz radio 2.3
ath0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
ath0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
ath0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
ath0: turbo rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
ath0: 802.11 address: 00:0b:6b:30:d3:2b
System: NetBSD miyu 2.0_BETA NetBSD 2.0_BETA (MIYU) #15: Tue Aug 17 02:17:44 MEST 2004 feyrer@miyu:/home/cvs/src-2.0/sys/arch/i386/compile/obj.i386/MIYU i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
The countrycode in the ath(4) driver can't be set, which limits the
number of channels available. In germany, a channel list of 100-140
or 149 would be required, but they are not available in the default
list that "wiconfig ath0" lists:
Channel list: [ 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ]
In Linux, the channel list can be changed via the country code.
Unfortunately, that one is read-only in NetBSD:
pc9649# sysctl -w hw.ath.countrycode=276
sysctl: hw.ath.countrycode: sysctl() failed with Operation not permitted
(List of country codes seems to be identical with the Unicode
UN Numeric-3 country value from
http://www.unicode.org/onlinedat/countries.html)
>How-To-Repeat:
See above.
>Fix:
Yes please!
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: