Failed to start radar detection: -22 (Invalid argument)

Jeremias Blendin jeremias at blendin.org
Sat Feb 7 06:09:39 PST 2015


Hi,

I switched to Arch LInux and added this to the configuration of my
custom kernel:

# cat config.x86_64
...
CONFIG_CFG80211_CERTIFICATION_ONUS=y
CONFIG_ATH_REG_DYNAMIC_USER_REG_HINTS=y
CONFIG_ATH_REG_DYNAMIC_USER_CERT_TESTING=y

However, I still have the same issue:
[    6.506356] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[    6.506399] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
[    6.506403] cfg80211:  DFS Master region: unset
[    6.506405] cfg80211:   (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth),
(max_antenna_gain, max_eirp), (dfs_cac_time)
[    6.506408] cfg80211:   (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 0 KHz), (N/A,
2000 mBm), (N/A)
[    6.506411] cfg80211:   (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 0 KHz), (N/A,
2000 mBm), (N/A)
[    6.506414] cfg80211:   (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz),
(N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[    6.506417] cfg80211:   (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 160000 KHz),
(N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[    6.506420] cfg80211:   (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 160000 KHz),
(N/A, 2000 mBm), (0 s)
[    6.506423] cfg80211:   (5490000 KHz - 5730000 KHz @ 160000 KHz),
(N/A, 2000 mBm), (0 s)
[    6.506425] cfg80211:   (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 80000 KHz),
(N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[    6.506428] cfg80211:   (57240000 KHz - 63720000 KHz @ 2160000
KHz), (N/A, 0 mBm), (N/A)
[    6.506502] cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: DE
[    6.552678] cfg80211: Regulatory domain changed to country: DE
[    6.552684] cfg80211:  DFS Master region: ETSI
[    6.552686] cfg80211:   (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth),
(max_antenna_gain, max_eirp), (dfs_cac_time)
[    6.552690] cfg80211:   (2400000 KHz - 2483500 KHz @ 40000 KHz),
(N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[    6.552693] cfg80211:   (5150000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 80000 KHz),
(N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[    6.552696] cfg80211:   (5250000 KHz - 5350000 KHz @ 80000 KHz),
(N/A, 2000 mBm), (0 s)
[    6.552699] cfg80211:   (5470000 KHz - 5725000 KHz @ 80000 KHz),
(N/A, 2698 mBm), (0 s)
[    6.552702] cfg80211:   (57240000 KHz - 65880000 KHz @ 2160000
KHz), (N/A, 4000 mBm), (N/A)
[    6.655192] ath10k_pci 0000:04:00.0: qca988x hw2.0 (0x4100016c,
0x043202ff) fw 10.2-00082-4-2 api 3 htt 2.1
[    6.655199] ath10k_pci 0000:04:00.0: debug 0 debugfs 1 tracing 0
dfs 0 testmode 0
...
[    7.173654] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x0
[    7.173659] ath: EEPROM indicates default country code should be used
[    7.173661] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
[    7.173663] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x3a
[    7.173665] ath: Country alpha2 being used: US
[    7.173667] ath: Regpair used: 0x3a
[    7.221483] cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: US
[    7.224123] cfg80211: Current regulatory domain intersected:
[    7.224130] cfg80211:  DFS Master region: unset
[    7.224132] cfg80211:   (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth),
(max_antenna_gain, max_eirp), (dfs_cac_time)
[    7.224136] cfg80211:   (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz),
(N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[    7.224139] cfg80211:   (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 80000 KHz),
(N/A, 1700 mBm), (N/A)
[    7.224142] cfg80211:   (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 80000 KHz),
(N/A, 2000 mBm), (0 s)
[    7.224145] cfg80211:   (57240000 KHz - 63720000 KHz @ 2160000
KHz), (N/A, 4000 mBm), (N/A)

# iw reg set DE
# iw reg get
country 98: DFS-UNSET
(2402 - 2472 @ 40), (N/A, 20), (N/A)
(5170 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 17), (N/A), NO-OUTDOOR
(5250 - 5330 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (0 ms), NO-OUTDOOR, DFS
(57240 - 63720 @ 2160), (N/A, 40), (N/A), NO-OUTDOOR

# uname -a
Linux kyushu 3.18.5-1-custom #3 SMP PREEMPT Sat Feb 7 14:30:30 CET
2015 x86_64 GNU/Linux

# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Atom processor C2000 SoC
Transaction Router (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Atom processor C2000 PCIe Root
Port 1 (rev 02)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Atom processor C2000 PCIe Root
Port 2 (rev 02)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Atom processor C2000 PCIe Root
Port 3 (rev 02)
00:0b.0 Co-processor: Intel Corporation Atom processor C2000 nCPM (rev 02)
00:0e.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Atom processor C2000 RAS (rev 02)
00:0f.0 IOMMU: Intel Corporation Atom processor C2000 RCEC (rev 02)
00:13.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Atom processor C2000
SMBus 2.0 (rev 02)
00:14.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection I354 (rev 03)
00:14.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection I354 (rev 03)
00:14.2 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection I354 (rev 03)
00:14.3 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection I354 (rev 03)
00:16.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Atom processor C2000 USB
Enhanced Host Controller (rev 02)
00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Atom processor C2000 AHCI
SATA2 Controller (rev 02)
00:18.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Atom processor C2000 AHCI
SATA3 Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Atom processor C2000 PCU (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Atom processor C2000 PCU SMBus (rev 02)
01:00.0 PCI bridge: ASPEED Technology, Inc. AST1150 PCI-to-PCI Bridge (rev 03)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ASPEED Technology, Inc. ASPEED
Graphics Family (rev 30)
03:00.0 USB controller: Renesas Technology Corp. uPD720201 USB 3.0
Host Controller (rev 03)
04:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA988x 802.11ac Wireless
Network Adapter

2015-01-30 18:53 GMT+01:00 Janusz Dziedzic <janusz.dziedzic at tieto.com>:
> On 29 January 2015 at 20:57, Jeremias Blendin <jeremias at blendin.org> wrote:
>> Sorry, forgot to add the list
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Jeremias Blendin <jeremias at blendin.org>
>> Date: 2015-01-29 20:29 GMT+01:00
>> Subject: Re: Failed to start radar detection: -22 (Invalid argument)
>> To: Janusz Dziedzic <janusz.dziedzic at tieto.com>
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> thanks for the reply. I already use the latest regulatory db. If I set
>> the country to DE or EU, I do not get DFS-ETSI. Also it seems that the
>> driver stays with US when I use the modprobe config for cfg80211:
>> [ 2230.123217] cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: EU
>> [ 2230.424986] ath10k_pci 0000:04:00.0: irq 87 for MSI/MSI-X
>> [ 2230.475776] ath10k: pci irq MSI irq_mode 0 reset_mode 0
>> [ 2231.454959] ath10k: qca988x hw2.0 (0x4100016c, 0x043202ff) fw
>> 10.1.467.2-1 api 2 htt 2.1
>> [ 2231.998004] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x0
>> [ 2231.998009] ath: EEPROM indicates default country code should be used
>> [ 2231.998012] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
>> [ 2231.998014] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x3a
>> [ 2231.998016] ath: Country alpha2 being used: US
>> [ 2231.998018] ath: Regpair used: 0x3a
>> [ 2232.022444] systemd-udevd[4364]: renamed network interface wlan0 to wlan1
>> [ 2233.275022] cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: US
>> [ 2233.278712] cfg80211: Regulatory domain changed to country: US
>> [ 2233.278718] cfg80211:  DFS Master region: unset
>> [ 2233.278720] cfg80211:   (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth),
>> (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp), (dfs_cac_time)
>> [ 2233.278724] cfg80211:   (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz),
>> (N/A, 3000 mBm), (N/A)
>> [ 2233.278728] cfg80211:   (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 80000 KHz,
>> 160000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 1700 mBm), (N/A)
>> [ 2233.278731] cfg80211:   (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 80000 KHz,
>> 160000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2300 mBm), (0 s)
>> [ 2233.278734] cfg80211:   (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 80000 KHz),
>> (N/A, 3000 mBm), (N/A)
>> [ 2233.278737] cfg80211:   (57240000 KHz - 63720000 KHz @ 2160000
>> KHz), (N/A, 4000 mBm), (N/A)
>>
>> When I use iw reg set DE this happens:
>>
>> # iw reg get
>> country DE: DFS-UNSET
>> (2400 - 2483 @ 40), (N/A, 20)
>> (5150 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 20), NO-OUTDOOR
>> (5250 - 5350 @ 80), (N/A, 20), NO-OUTDOOR, DFS
>> (5470 - 5725 @ 160), (N/A, 26), DFS
>> (57000 - 66000 @ 2160), (N/A, 40)
>>
>> Could it be that I need to change the EEPROM?
>>
> Try this options:
> CONFIG_ATH_REG_DYNAMIC_USER_REG_HINTS=y
> CONFIG_ATH_REG_DYNAMIC_USER_CERT_TESTING=y
>
> After that iw reg set should work as expected.
> One other thing could be two cards and "strange" cfg80211
> intersection. In such case try to blacklist one card and try only with
> ath10k loaded.
>
> BR
> Janusz



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