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Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:28:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([102.128.175.252]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5b1f17b1804b1-48a77aeb223sm31096105e9.3.2026.04.28.00.28.47 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:28:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Louis Kotze To: wireless-regdb@lists.infradead.org Cc: wens@kernel.org Subject: [PATCH v2] wireless-regdb: Update 6 GHz rules for South Africa (ZA) Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:28:44 +0200 Message-ID: <20260428072844.482991-1-loukot@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.54.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20260428_002850_828007_6C9C0C7F X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 10.74 ) X-BeenThere: wireless-regdb@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "wireless-regdb" Errors-To: wireless-regdb-bounces+wireless-regdb=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org ICASA Notice 1822 of 2023 (23 May 2023) amended Annexure B of the Radio Frequency Spectrum Regulations, 2015, to allow licence-exempt use of 5925-6425 MHz for WAS/RLAN. The notice references ETSI EN 303 687 and defines two device categories: LPI (Low Power Indoor): 23 dBm EIRP, indoor only VLP (Very Low Power): 14 dBm EIRP, no restriction The current entry uses VLP power (14 dBm) with no indoor flag. Update to LPI with the NO-OUTDOOR flag. LPI is the appropriate choice because indoor WiFi is the primary use case for 6 GHz. The VLP limit of 14 dBm is too low for practical network operation with standard access points advertising LPI power levels, causing repeated regulatory mismatch errors that on MLO (Multi-Link Operation) setups disrupt the 6 GHz link. Per maintainer guidance, only one rule per band is allowed, so this replaces the VLP rule rather than adding the LPI rule alongside it. Reference: ICASA Notice 1822 of 2023, Government Gazette No. 48643 (23 May 2023) Amendment to Annexure B, Radio Frequency Spectrum Regulations, 2015 https://www.icasa.org.za/uploads/files/Notice-to-amend-Annexure-B-of-the-Radio-Frequency-Spectrum.pdf Signed-off-by: Louis Kotze --- Changes since v1: - Replace VLP rule with LPI rule per "one rule per band" guidance (Chen-Yu Tsai), rather than adding both. - Resend as standalone top-level patch. The previous v2 was sent inline as a reply on 2026-04-10, which the b4-ty tooling cannot extract. No content change from that v2. v1: https://lore.kernel.org/wireless-regdb/CAMcSecJ7nDo+-JqGri80m8yn_cp9UfajHqLQDPYup7Zh7QVj7Q@mail.gmail.com/ db.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/db.txt b/db.txt index e019bd0..c310b7f 100644 --- a/db.txt +++ b/db.txt @@ -2180,7 +2180,7 @@ country ZA: DFS-ETSI (5170 - 5250 @ 80), (20), AUTO-BW (5250 - 5330 @ 80), (20), DFS, AUTO-BW (5490 - 5710 @ 160), (30) - (5925 - 6425 @ 320), (14) + (5925 - 6425 @ 320), (23), NO-OUTDOOR country ZW: DFS-ETSI (2402 - 2482 @ 40), (20) base-commit: d0781152c3349d64faffaaa28d1221eafe389346 -- 2.54.0