Marvell wireless driver update for FCC regulation
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
HWE Next |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Jesse Sung | ||
Vivid |
Fix Released
|
Critical
|
Keng-Yu Lin | ||
Xenial |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Jesse Sung | ||
linux (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Critical
|
Unassigned | ||
Vivid |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Xenial |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Background:
· Marvell will provide a FW which will read the OTP (and driver updates to support this function)
· For US, it will disable changes to country code
· For non-US, it will allow changes to country code by either SW method
· Below userspace command. This can be issued at any time.
“iw reg set <country code>”.
· Specifying country code through module parameter while loading the driver: “insmod mwifiex.ko reg_alpha2=
Driver information:
$ modinfo mwifiex_pcie
filename: /lib/modules/
firmware: mrvl/pcie8897_
firmware: mrvl/pcie8766_
license: GPL v2
version: 1.0
description: Marvell WiFi-Ex PCI-Express Driver version 1.0
author: Marvell International Ltd.
srcversion: 695CB2D80C70502
alias: pci:v000011ABd0
alias: pci:v000011ABd0
depends: mwifiex
intree: Y
vermagic: 3.19.0-34-generic SMP mod_unload modversions
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Keng-Yu Lin (lexical) |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in hwe-next: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
assignee: | nobody → Keng-Yu Lin (lexical) |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Vivid): | |
status: | New → Fix Committed |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
Changed in hwe-next: | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | Keng-Yu Lin (lexical) → nobody |
Changed in hwe-next: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
status: | New → Fix Committed |
tags: |
added: verification-don-xenial verification-done-vivid removed: verification-needed-vivid verification-needed-xenial |
tags: |
added: verification-done-xenial removed: verification-don-xenial |
This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification- needed- vivid' to 'verification- done-vivid' .
If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed.
See https:/ /wiki.ubuntu. com/Testing/ EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you!