Re: [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: net: wireless: add flag marvell,ignore-regulatory-hint

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On Fri, Aug 14, 2026 at 03:50:23PM +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

v1 as reply to v3 in big thread. How tools can parse that?

Does b4 diff work?

b4 diff '20260814125025.90522-1-gvalkov@xxxxxxxxx'


> 
> 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 use of 5 GHz and DFS channels. This also affects phy0.
> 
> Add a device-tree flag, which allows affected platforms to ignore
> an incorrect regulatory hint from ROM, so userspace can set the
> correct platform regulatory domain.
> 
> [1] https://github.com/kaloz/mwlwifi/issues/173#issuecomment-307879699
> [2] https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/9956
> 
> Tested-on: WRT3200ACM, OpenWrt

Not a valid tag, drop. And you cannot even do that, otherwise explain me
how did your device execute THIS (exactly THIS) code?

> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Drop, what is the bug being fixed here?

Anyway, property looks like SW choice. You must describe hardware
instead.

Best regards,
Krzysztof