5GHz AP on a QCA988x

[Jeroen Roovers]

So I would somehow need to fix the EEPROM, then? :)

On 22 January 2016 at 09:26, Michal Kazior <michal.kazior at tieto.com> wrote:
> On 21 January 2016 at 10:15, Jeroen Roovers <jeroen.roovers at airfi.aero> wrote:
>> country 00: DFS-UNSET
>>         (2402 - 2472 @ 40), (6, 20), (N/A)
>>         (2457 - 2482 @ 40), (6, 20), (N/A), PASSIVE-SCAN
>>         (2474 - 2494 @ 20), (6, 20), (N/A), NO-OFDM, PASSIVE-SCAN
>>         (5170 - 5250 @ 160), (6, 20), (N/A), PASSIVE-SCAN
>>         (5250 - 5330 @ 160), (6, 20), (0 ms), DFS, PASSIVE-SCAN
>>         (5490 - 5730 @ 160), (6, 20), (0 ms), DFS, PASSIVE-SCAN
>>         (5735 - 5835 @ 80), (6, 20), (N/A), PASSIVE-SCAN
>>         (57240 - 63720 @ 2160), (N/A, 0), (N/A)
>>
>> [   13.587870] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: pci irq msi interrupts 1
>> irq_mode 0 reset_mode 0
>> [   14.062943] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for
>> ath10k/cal-pci-0000:02:00.0.bin failed with error -2
>> [   14.327191] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for
>> ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/board-2.bin failed with error -2
>> [   15.625794] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: qca988x hw2.0 (0x4100016c,
>> 0x043202ff sub 0000:0000) fw 10.2.4.70.17-2 fwapi 5 bdapi 1 htt-ver
>> 2.1 wmi-op 5 htt-op 2 cal otp max-sta 128 raw 0 hwcrypto 1 features
>> no-p2p,raw-mode
>> [   15.625796] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: debug 1 debugfs 1 tracing 1
>> dfs 1 testmode 0
>> [   15.686817] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x6a
>> [   15.686818] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
>> [   15.686820] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
>> [   15.686820] ath: Regpair used: 0x6a
>> [67009.248697] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: pci irq msi interrupts 1
>> irq_mode 0 reset_mode 0
>> [67009.379191] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for
>> ath10k/cal-pci-0000:02:00.0.bin failed with error -2
>> [67009.435156] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for
>> ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/board-2.bin failed with error -2
>> [67010.635063] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: qca988x hw2.0 (0x4100016c,
>> 0x043202ff sub 0000:0000) fw 10.2.4.70.17-2 fwapi 5 bdapi 1 htt-ver
>> 2.1 wmi-op 5 htt-op 2 cal otp max-sta 128 raw 0 hwcrypto 1 features
>> no-p2p,raw-mode
>> [67010.635101] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: debug 1 debugfs 1 tracing 1
>> dfs 1 testmode 0
>> [67010.695143] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x6a
>> [67010.695150] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
>> [67010.695156] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
>> [67010.695159] ath: Regpair used: 0x6a
>
> If I'm this right it says your regulatory for the card is world
> regulatory. This means 5GHz is pretty much locked out - at least for
> APs (which initiate radiation, NO-IR flag on all channels).
>
> For comparison, one of my QCA99X0's says:
>
> [ 4450.629243] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x0
> [ 4450.629248] ath: EEPROM indicates default country code should be used
> [ 4450.629250] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
> [ 4450.629252] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x3a
> [ 4450.629254] ath: Country alpha2 being used: US
> [ 4450.629256] ath: Regpair used: 0x3a
>
> Here's a command snippet from my system for comparison:
>
> ; uname -a
> Linux bob-0-ec-vm 4.4.0-wt-ath+ #21 SMP Thu Jan 21 13:20:41 CET 2016
> x86_64 GNU/Linux
> ; iw --version
> iw version 4.1-1-g182ef7d07a61-dirty
> ; iw reg get
> global
> country US: DFS-FCC
>         (2402 - 2472 @ 40), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
>         (5170 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 17), (N/A), AUTO-BW
>         (5250 - 5330 @ 80), (N/A, 23), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW
>         (5490 - 5730 @ 160), (N/A, 23), (0 ms), DFS
>         (5735 - 5835 @ 80), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
>         (57240 - 63720 @ 2160), (N/A, 40), (N/A)
>
> phy#0
> country US: DFS-FCC
>         (2402 - 2472 @ 40), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
>         (5170 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 17), (N/A), AUTO-BW
>         (5250 - 5330 @ 80), (N/A, 23), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW
>         (5490 - 5730 @ 160), (N/A, 23), (0 ms), DFS
>         (5735 - 5835 @ 80), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
>         (57240 - 63720 @ 2160), (N/A, 40), (N/A)
>
> ; iw list | grep -F 'MHz ['
>                         * 5180 MHz [36] (17.0 dBm)
>                         * 5200 MHz [40] (17.0 dBm)
>                         * 5220 MHz [44] (17.0 dBm)
>                         * 5240 MHz [48] (17.0 dBm)
>                         * 5260 MHz [52] (23.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
>                         * 5280 MHz [56] (23.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
>                         * 5300 MHz [60] (23.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
>                         * 5320 MHz [64] (23.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
>                         * 5500 MHz [100] (23.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
>                         * 5520 MHz [104] (23.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
>                         * 5540 MHz [108] (23.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
>                         * 5560 MHz [112] (23.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
>                         * 5580 MHz [116] (23.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
>                         * 5600 MHz [120] (23.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
>                         * 5620 MHz [124] (23.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
>                         * 5640 MHz [128] (23.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
>                         * 5660 MHz [132] (23.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
>                         * 5680 MHz [136] (23.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
>                         * 5700 MHz [140] (23.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
>                         * 5720 MHz [144] (23.0 dBm) (radar detection)
>                         * 5745 MHz [149] (30.0 dBm)
>                         * 5765 MHz [153] (30.0 dBm)
>                         * 5785 MHz [157] (30.0 dBm)
>                         * 5805 MHz [161] (30.0 dBm)
>                         * 5825 MHz [165] (30.0 dBm)
>
>
> Michał