Re: [PATCH v6 1/3] dt-bindings: net: wireless: add flag marvell,invalid-reg-hint-in-rom
Krzysztof Kozlowski <[email protected]>
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On Fri, Aug 21, 2026 at 04:07:26AM +0300, Georgi Valkov wrote: > WRT3200ACM and WRT32x routers always report a fixed US regulatory domain > from the mwifiex ROM, which conflicts with the platform regulatory > configuration on units sold outside the US market. For example: > - phy0 mwlwifi 5 GHz, hard-coded region 98 EU mapped to FR > - phy1 mwlwifi 2.4 GHz, hard-coded region 98 EU mapped to FR > - phy2 mwifiex 2.4 and 5 GHz, hard-coded region US > > When the system boots, it detects a conflict between the user selected > region and the radios, e.g. BG FR US, and applies extreme restrictions, > preventing phy0 from starting on any DFS channel. phy2 works. > > Add a device-tree flag, which allows affected devices, where the radio > conflicts with the platform to ignore the incorrect regulatory hint in > the ROM of the radio, so the platform regulatory domain can be used. > This does not allow the user to change the regulatory configuration of > any radio. It only allows phy0 to start and operate according to its > certified configuration. > > [1] https://github.com/kaloz/mwlwifi/issues/173#issuecomment-307879699 > [2] https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/9956 > > Cc: [email protected] I don't think there is any bug to be fixed here. Support was incomplete, so you add a missing quirk, but there was no bug in the binding. Binding was correct. With stable dropped: Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <[email protected]> Best regards, Krzysztof