[Bug 1284093] [NEW] Please update regulations to support VHT

Mon Apr 13 20:08:24 UTC 2015

You have been subscribed to a public bug by Ryan Finnie (fo0bar):

Only very recent versions of wireless-regdb have support for VHT (80mhz
channels); in addition, all current kernels have a bug that will cause
your card to fail to associate with a VHT ap when your local regdb
didn't allow VHT:

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70881

I have updated the existing Debian bug requesting this too:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=729089

Well, more precisely I have emailed the update but it hasn't gone
through yet.  :)

I would recommend updating to 2013.11.27 (current upstream) as it
includes other regulatory fixes. I would also recommend applying this to
at least Precise and Trusty, possibly Saucy since it is still supported.

Here is the update that should post to the Debian bug soon:
"I would much appreciate this, especially you make the jump to 2013.11.27. The new regdb will also solve issues with 802.11ac; the referenced version appears to be the first with support for 80mhz channels. Without the new regdb (or a patch the kernel that masks the symptoms, below), when you connect to an AP that supports 80mhz channels, you are disconnected with a nearly useless error. Link to the ticket, with details and the symptom-masking patch that will be in future kernels:

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70881

It would be great if we could get the new regdb upstream into Debian
asap; in the meantime I will try to get an updated version into a ppa
for Ubuntu users at least. ;)"

** Affects: wireless-regdb (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed

** Tags: 802.11ac regdb vht
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Please update regulations to support VHT
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1284093
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