[ATH6KL]: driver only supports limited channels in 5GHz band

[Ben Greear]

Could be regulatory domain issue.  What does:

iw reg get

show you?

Thanks,
Ben



On 01/22/2016 07:54 AM, Mike Engel wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> we using Linux v3.14 with upstream ath6kl driver and seeing some
> issues when configuring softap mode in 5GHz band.
> When we use a softap configuration in 5GHz band only these channels
> seem to work (36-40-44-48). Using any other channel cause the AP not
> to work.
>
> The softap configuration we use is this:
>
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
> ctrl_interface_group=0
> fast_reauth=1
> update_config=1
>
> ap_scan=2
> network={
> ssid="ath6kl-ap"
> mode=2
> frequency=5240 -- works
> # frequency=5260 --fails
> key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
> proto=RSN
> pairwise=CCMP TKIP
> psk="12345678"
> group=CCMP TKIP
> }
>
> Is that a know issue?
> Is there any specific configuration necessary to make the other
> channels working in 5GHz band?
>
> This is our firmware configuration.
> ath6kl: ar6003 hw 2.1.1 sdio fw 3.4.0.225.TABLET_DONGLE
 api 4
> ath6kl: firmware supports:
> sched-scan,sta-p2pdev-duplex,rsn-cap-override,sscan-match-list,rssi-scan-
> thold,custom-mac-addr,tx-err-notify,sched-scan-v2,regdomain-v2,large-connect-ie
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>

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