Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 14:28:27 +0100 From: Marcin Jessa <lists@yazzy.org> To: Michal Mertl <mime@traveller.cz> Cc: anderson@centtech.com, konfer@mikulas.com, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ath countrycode Message-ID: <20060208142827.0e29b6c9.lists@yazzy.org> In-Reply-To: <1139404392.2344.16.camel@genius.i.cz> References: <43E9DCA0.4060704@mikulas.com> <43E9E2CF.2010000@centtech.com> <20060208135024.751ca9ec.lists@yazzy.org> <1139404392.2344.16.camel@genius.i.cz>
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On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 14:13:12 +0100 Michal Mertl <mime@traveller.cz> wrote: > Marcin Jessa wrote: > > > Jiri Mikulas wrote: > > > > Hello > > > > I have ATH cards Wistron CM9 (AR5213), > > > > I want to set correct countrycode to use correct channels (ETSI) > > > > (channels 1-13 on 11g, channels 100-140 on 11a) > > > > but it's "disabled' > > > > > > > > osika:/# sysctl -a dev.ath.0.countrycode=203 > > > > sysctl: oid 'dev.ath.0.countrycode' is read only > > > > > IMHO that should be changed without booting with a rw sysctl value. > > It's indeed strange this value is ro. > > It probably won't be easy to do change (like just allowing to write to > the variable) and I don't really see a need for it. The device is > configured/initialized according to this value during device attach > (on boot). > > Why you need to change it during run time? Normally it's a set-once > value. In consumer products it should even be set correctly by the > vendor/reseller in the HW. You're thinking a normal user and I'm thinking an WISP and Access points. You're right, this does not need to be changed more than once but it's neverless silly if you have to reboot each time you do. All the comercial implementations allows you to change this value on the fly. Cheers, Marcin.
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