Hi,
i'm using the qcacld driver on a custom ARM9 board with Linux kernel 4.11 and Debian 9 (Stretch). The region is set to DE.
If i run iw list, i get the following output for the 5 GHz band:
* 5180 MHz [36] (20.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 5200 MHz [40] (20.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 5220 MHz [44] (20.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 5240 MHz [48] (20.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 5260 MHz [52] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5280 MHz [56] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5300 MHz [60] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5320 MHz [64] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5500 MHz [100] (26.0 dBm) (radar detection)
* 5520 MHz [104] (26.0 dBm) (radar detection)
* 5540 MHz [108] (26.0 dBm) (radar detection)
* 5560 MHz [112] (26.0 dBm) (radar detection)
* 5580 MHz [116] (26.0 dBm) (radar detection)
* 5600 MHz [120] (26.0 dBm) (radar detection)
* 5620 MHz [124] (26.0 dBm) (radar detection)
* 5640 MHz [128] (26.0 dBm) (radar detection)
* 5660 MHz [132] (26.0 dBm) (radar detection)
* 5680 MHz [136] (26.0 dBm) (radar detection)
* 5700 MHz [140] (26.0 dBm) (radar detection)
* 5720 MHz [144] (disabled)
* 5745 MHz [149] (13.0 dBm)
* 5765 MHz [153] (13.0 dBm)
* 5785 MHz [157] (13.0 dBm)
* 5805 MHz [161] (13.0 dBm)
* 5825 MHz [165] (13.0 dBm)
* 5845 MHz [169] (13.0 dBm)
* 5865 MHz [173] (13.0 dBm)
I would like use most of the channels in range between 36 and 140 as IBSS with hostapd.
My suspicion is that i need to enable DFS?
How can i achieve this?
What files needs to be modified?
Which kernel config parameter must be at least enabled?
Is there a compile time switch in the qcacld sources?
Do i need to modify qcom_cfg.ini? Which parameters?
Best regards
Hi Stefan,
My suspicion is that i need to enable DFS?
How can i achieve this?
What files needs to be modified?
[QC] For STA mode, no need to explicitly enable. For AP mode, if you want to use AP in DFS channels, "gEnableDFSMasterCap=1" needs to be set in INI file.
Which kernel config parameter must be at least enabled?
[QC] CONFIG_CFG80211_INTERNAL_REGDB should be enabled.
Is there a compile time switch in the qcacld sources?
[QC] Yes, ATH_SUPPORT_DFS in Kbuild.
Thanks.
Thank you, i finally managed to get it working. Additionally to the hints above i needed to select another wifi driver which defines CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT and enable DFS in the hostapd.conf.