Enabling 6 GHz band in WCN785x

[Baochen Qiang]

On 8/10/2025 9:56 PM, Petros Christopoulos wrote:
> Dear all, I have a Qualcomm Technologies, Inc WCN785x Wi-Fi 7(802.11be) 320MHz 2x2
> [FastConnect 7800] [17cb:1107] (rev 01) Wifi controller
> with Fedora 42 KDE, latest kernel 6.15.9-201.fc42.x86_64 and recent firmware 0x1108811c
> fw_build_timestamp 2025-05-17 00:21 fw_build_id
> QC_IMAGE_VERSION_STRING=WLAN.HMT.1.1.c5-00284.1-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SI
> LICONZ-3
> 
> The 6 GHz band is disabled, I suspect that the problem is the 00 region setting in phy#1,
> however as this is "self-managed" I have not managed to change this (iw reg set or an /
> etc/modprobe.d/ath12k.conf file with "options ath12k country=DE" have no effects).

Try with CONFIG_ATH_REG_DYNAMIC_USER_REG_HINTS enabled.

> 
> $ 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, 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)
> (5945 - 6425 @ 320), (N/A, 23), (N/A), NO-OUTDOOR
> (57000 - 66000 @ 2160), (N/A, 40), (N/A)
> 
> phy#1 (self-managed)
> country 00: DFS-UNSET
> (2402 - 2472 @ 40), (N/A, 20), (N/A)
> (2457 - 2482 @ 20), (N/A, 20), (N/A), PASSIVE-SCAN
> (5170 - 5330 @ 160), (N/A, 20), (N/A), AUTO-BW, PASSIVE-SCAN
> (5490 - 5730 @ 160), (N/A, 20), (N/A), AUTO-BW, PASSIVE-SCAN
> (5735 - 5895 @ 160), (N/A, 20), (N/A), AUTO-BW, PASSIVE-SCAN
> 
> I have searched extensively the web, found some relevant articles (e.g. https://
> patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20250401020840.357-5-
> quic_kangyang at quicinc.com/, which should be integrated into 6.15.9 if I understand
> correctly), but still no solution.

Do you mean with the whole 11D support series merged the issue is still seen?

> 
> I would be grateful for some help.
> 
> Thank you very much.
> 
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