Re: [PATCH] rt2800: Initialize max_txpower to MAX_G_TXPOWER and MAX_A_TXPOWER respectively

[Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 6:21 PM, Tobias Diedrich <ranma@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> So, maybe we should do it the safe way and just register a safe default
>> of 20dBm for all channels?
>
> AFAIU that would cap you to 20dBm even if you are in a country that
> has higher limits (e.g. 27dBm in the US?).

Not necessarily because the driver won't allow tx power adjustments at all
if EEPROM_EIRP_MAX_TX_POWER is unused.

For these devices we cannot rely on the tx power output at all and maybe
it makes sense to register a max power of 0 just to tell mac80211/cfg80211
that no tx power adjustments are possible on these devices?

Helmut
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