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authorLuis R. Rodriguez2013-11-11 22:15:31 +0100
committerJohannes Berg2013-11-25 20:51:51 +0100
commit2a901468c221e778af52603e006a53d286e81f90 (patch)
treeed3232c3197eef59311d4ba531867e28e436f001 /net/wireless/reg.c
parentcfg80211: add flags to define country IE processing rules (diff)
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cfg80211: add an option to disable processing country IEs
Certain vendors may want to disable the processing of country IEs so that they can continue using the regulatory domain the driver or user has set. Currently there is no way to stop the core from processing country IEs, so add support to the core to ignore country IE hints. Cc: Mihir Shete <smihir@qti.qualcomm.com> Cc: Henri Bahini <hbahini@qca.qualcomm.com> Cc: Tushnim Bhattacharyya <tushnimb@qca.qualcomm.com> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/wireless/reg.c')
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diff --git a/net/wireless/reg.c b/net/wireless/reg.c
index 6b3051f6a8a7..067c1f63a1ae 100644
--- a/net/wireless/reg.c
+++ b/net/wireless/reg.c
@@ -1543,6 +1543,9 @@ __reg_process_hint_country_ie(struct wiphy *wiphy,
if (regdom_changes(country_ie_request->alpha2))
return REG_REQ_IGNORE;
return REG_REQ_ALREADY_SET;
+ } else {
+ if (wiphy->regulatory_flags & REGULATORY_COUNTRY_IE_IGNORE)
+ return REG_REQ_IGNORE;
}
if (unlikely(!is_an_alpha2(country_ie_request->alpha2)))