From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF36CC432C0 for ; Fri, 22 Nov 2019 13:02:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1D4120715 for ; Fri, 22 Nov 2019 13:02:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727896AbfKVNCt (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Nov 2019 08:02:49 -0500 Received: from s3.sipsolutions.net ([144.76.43.62]:45170 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726548AbfKVNCt (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Nov 2019 08:02:49 -0500 Received: by sipsolutions.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_SECP256R1__RSA_PSS_RSAE_SHA256__AES_256_GCM:256) (Exim 4.92.3) (envelope-from ) id 1iY8a8-0003rO-7Y; Fri, 22 Nov 2019 14:02:40 +0100 Message-ID: <7d43bbc0dfeb040d3e0468155858c4cbe50c0de2.camel@sipsolutions.net> Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211_hwsim: set the maximum EIRP output power for 5GHz From: Johannes Berg To: Ramon Fontes Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless , kvalo@codeaurora.org, davem@davemloft.net Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 14:02:37 +0100 In-Reply-To: (sfid-20191122_135302_082448_33FD13BE) References: <20191108152013.13418-1-ramonreisfontes@gmail.com> (sfid-20191122_135302_082448_33FD13BE) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" User-Agent: Evolution 3.30.5 (3.30.5-1.fc29) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2019-11-22 at 09:52 -0300, Ramon Fontes wrote: > > How is hwsim related to ETSI? What does it matter? > > It's well known that the frequency bands 2,4 GHz and 5 GHz are mainly > used by Radio LANs and in many cases, the deployed technology is based > on the IEEE 802.11 standards family. However, other technologies such > as LTE-LAA are deployed in those frequency bands as well. That said, > considering that hwsim is an excellent module that can be used in > different network simulation scenarios; that it is not only used in > North America; and also considering that some regulatory power limits > are taken from the ETSI standards, why not set a maximum value > supported by a renowned Institute? Without this new value, regdomain > will not work as expected for some countries. Right, so the commit log should say that it should be incremented to allow regdb to work, rather than worry about ETSI specifics? Or maybe this limit should just be removed entirely? johannes