Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] dt-bindings: net: wireless: add flag marvell,ignore-regulatory-hint

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski

Date: Wed Aug 19 2026 - 05:40:58 EST


On Tue, Aug 18, 2026 at 12:54:26AM +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 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
>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Georgi Valkov <gvalkov@xxxxxxxxx>

How did you fix the threading problem I mentioned in v3?

Best regards,
Krzysztof