Bug 420645

Summary:	net-wireless/hostapd missing net-wireless/crda dependency
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Guillaume Castagnino <casta>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Bjarke Istrup Pedersen (RETIRED) <gurligebis>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	mobile+disabled
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Description Guillaume Castagnino 2012-06-11 08:01:23 UTC

To change the regulatory domain used by the hostapd driven access point, the kernel needs crda.
This is mandatory e.g. to use hostapd with the 5GHz band (the default world regulatory domain do not allow this, since the 5GHz band is set as only passive scanning).

hostapd allows to change the regdom when it starts (country_code configuration parameter in hostapd.conf), but this only works when crda is installed.

So imho, hostapd should push a net-wireless/crda dependency, just like wpa_supplicant does.

Thanks !

Comment 1 Bjarke Istrup Pedersen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-06-11 15:32:55 UTC

Fixed, please wait a few hours for the portage servers to catch up.

Comment 2 cilly 2012-06-13 09:09:52 UTC

Please, make it an option to use crda.

Reasons:

- hostapd works without crda
- additional userspace support for regdb and crda is a feature and not needed for most access-points

Suggestion:

- add a useflag crda which sets the dependency to crda

Comment 3 Bjarke Istrup Pedersen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-06-17 15:53:31 UTC

Optional dependency on crda has been added, please see bug #421087