On Tue, 21 Jul 2020 at 14:48, Aaron <notjanede...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 7/21/2020 5:41 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: > > (cc'ing the list again, hehe :-) > On Tue, 21 Jul 2020 at 14:35, Aaron <notjanede...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 7/21/2020 5:33 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: >> > Ok. Please do dig into it. >> >> Do try to treat the regdomain code as a black box - input is "what >> regulatory domain do we want" and the output is "a list of channels and >> properties of those channels that we currently program into net80211." >> Hopefully we don't have to change the net80211 channel API! >> >> This is the sort of information I'm looking for! So far all I'm looking >> at is an XML file. Where would I find the "regdomain code"? >> > > (We really should write a page in the wiki about regdomain stuff.) > > So, here's my suggestion: > > * get freebsd with a supported wifi card > * look at what happens when you type "ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev XXX"; > and then "ifconfig wlan0 regdomain FCC3" > * .. see what it does with the channel programming in src/sbin/ifconfig/ > and src/lib/lib80211/ > * Also 'ifconfig wlan0 list sta" and "ifconfig -v wlan0 list sta" > > in src/sbin/ifconfig/ifieee80211.c look at > setdefregdomain(), setregdomain_cb(), print_channels() and list_channels() > > * print_channels() queries net80211 for the list of channels > * list_channels() calls it :-) > * setregdomain_cb() sucks in the lib80211 regdomain code, does a bunch of > hijinx, and then calls into net80211 using the IEEE80211_IOC_REGDOMAIN > ioctl to set the sku/country and the channel list. > > > > -adrian > > So much for limiting myself to XML parsing. I'll grab some source files > and take a look, I can code but might be too removed from what's being done > here to get my ahead around it. Thanks all. >
Oh! It's ok! If this is too big a thing then we can look around for other bits and pieces that need doing. :-) I'd still like to get the regdomain stuff discussed! -a _______________________________________________ freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
