compat-drivers: add patch for atheros to ignore eeprom regdomain.

patch is needed for access-point mode with channels>12 (2,4 and 5Ghz)
On cards that are set to WORLD "6A" (most new atheros cards)
these channels are set to passive scanning and this make it unuseable
for ap-mode.

diff --git a/config/rootfiles/core/73/filelists/files b/config/rootfiles/core/73/filelists/files
index a1ef1bfdd5789aea1b0e49eec58e6abb1f28325b..f2f13e0101006f4e428e7ed901dce950ef4eea64 100644 (file)
--- a/config/rootfiles/core/73/filelists/files
+++ b/config/rootfiles/core/73/filelists/files
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 etc/system-release
 etc/issue
 etc/rc.d/init.d/squid
+lib/modules/2.6.32.61-ipfire-xen/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath.ko
+lib/modules/3.2.48-ipfire/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath.ko
+lib/modules/3.2.48-ipfire-pae/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath.ko
 srv/web/ipfire/cgi-bin/logs.cgi/proxylog.dat
 srv/web/ipfire/cgi-bin/proxy.cgi
 srv/web/ipfire/html/redirect.cgi

diff --git a/lfs/compat-drivers b/lfs/compat-drivers
index 53f65183904898e48d23ff38cd4e965249cfa719..57a9b163ffc5d843a91821d9b89bdefe9ac11ec8 100644 (file)
--- a/lfs/compat-drivers
+++ b/lfs/compat-drivers
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ $(TARGET) : $(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects))
        @$(PREBUILD)
        @rm -rf $(DIR_APP) && cd $(DIR_SRC) && tar xaf $(DIR_DL)/$(DL_FILE)
        cd $(DIR_APP) && patch -Np1 < $(DIR_SRC)/src/patches/compat-drivers-3.8-1-u-kref_get_unless_zero.patch
+       cd $(DIR_APP) && patch -Np1 < $(DIR_SRC)/src/patches/compat-drivers-3.8.3-ath_ignore_eeprom_regdomain.patch
 
        # kfifo has no license info and taints kernel
        cd $(DIR_APP) && patch -Np1 < $(DIR_SRC)/src/patches/compat-wireless-2.6.39_kfifo_module_info.patch

diff --git a/src/patches/compat-drivers-3.8.3-ath_ignore_eeprom_regdomain.patch b/src/patches/compat-drivers-3.8.3-ath_ignore_eeprom_regdomain.patch
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..acfb12f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/patches/compat-drivers-3.8.3-ath_ignore_eeprom_regdomain.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+diff -Naur compat-drivers-3.8.3-2-snpu.org/drivers/net/wireless/ath/regd.c compat-drivers-3.8.3-2-snpu/drivers/net/wireless/ath/regd.c
+--- compat-drivers-3.8.3-2-snpu.org/drivers/net/wireless/ath/regd.c    2013-03-15 22:55:09.000000000 +0100
++++ compat-drivers-3.8.3-2-snpu/drivers/net/wireless/ath/regd.c        2013-08-22 11:51:36.793297656 +0200
+@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@
+       u32 bandwidth = 0;
+       int r;
+ 
++      return;
++
+       for (band = 0; band < IEEE80211_NUM_BANDS; band++) {
+ 
+               if (!wiphy->bands[band])
+@@ -259,6 +261,8 @@
+       u32 bandwidth = 0;
+       int r;
+ 
++      return;
++
+       sband = wiphy->bands[IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ];
+       if (!sband)
+               return;
+@@ -308,6 +312,8 @@
+       struct ieee80211_channel *ch;
+       unsigned int i;
+ 
++      return;
++
+       if (!wiphy->bands[IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ])
+               return;
+ 
+@@ -514,6 +520,8 @@
+ {
+       const struct ieee80211_regdomain *regd;
+ 
++      return 0;
++
+       wiphy->reg_notifier = reg_notifier;
+       wiphy->flags |= WIPHY_FLAG_STRICT_REGULATORY;
+