commit 76df41d928bd7286a241ccba558561a2142f3c69
Merge: 6afb7b4 389b9b7
Author: Ben Hutchings <benh@debian.org>
Date: Thu Oct 1 12:13:09 2026 +0200
Merge tag 'master-2026-09-03' into debian/latest
master-2026-09-03
I previously accidentally rebased the upstream changes between
master-2026-05-30 and master-2026-09-03 onto debian/latest. Merge
them properly (making no changes).
commit 389b9b702cf9018e9a9078ccc4fa8eaae2e054e3
Author: Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@kernel.org>
Date: Thu Sep 3 13:50:37 2026 +0800
wireless-regdb: update regulatory database based on preceding changes
Signed-off-by: Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@kernel.org>
commit 8f1e802020f4d398d454d397c19522468e9b750c
Author: Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@kernel.org>
Date: Mon Aug 24 15:07:28 2026 +0800
wireless-regdb: allow 320MHz channel width for Hong Kong (HK)
There are no restrictions on channel width. Allow 320 MHz channels on
the 6 GHz band for WiFi 7.
Reported-by: Morgan Wong <pbodq2@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/wireless-regdb/CABzKGg0YEm5PfW9YtEM0G1SYY6RD80DmFpu_Jpb9hoioK+tH-w@mail.gmail.com/
Reviewed-by: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260824070730.2089862-1-wens@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@kernel.org>
commit 74cb99ff3853e0092d909a8b8afeadea88dfd16b
Author: Louis Kotze <loukot@gmail.com>
Date: Tue Jul 28 11:45:34 2026 +0200
wireless-regdb: Update 2.4 and 5 GHz rules for South Africa (ZA)
ICASA has substituted Annexure B of the Radio Frequency Spectrum
Regulations in full twice since South Africa's 5 GHz rules were last
touched. The operative table is Notice 1822, Government Gazette 48643
of 18 May 2023. Notice 1822 section 1 recites the chain itself:
Notice 279, Gazette 38641, 30 March 2015 (original Annexure B)
Notice 386, Gazette 38754, 30 April 2015
Notice 781, Gazette 40436, 22 November 2016
Notice 737, Gazette 45690, 21 December 2021 (substitutes in full)
Notice 1822, Gazette 48643, 18 May 2023 (substitutes in full)
The 6 GHz row already cites this notice, added in b7bced8
("wireless-regdb: Update regulatory rules for South Africa (ZA) on
6GHz"). The 2.4 and 5 GHz rows were not revisited then and still
reflect the 2015 table. The operative table reads:
2400-2483.5 MHz: 100 mW e.i.r.p., WBDTS, SANS 300 328
5150-5250 MHz: 23 dBm e.i.r.p., WAS/RLAN, SANS 301 893
5250-5350 MHz: 23 dBm e.i.r.p., WAS/RLAN, SANS 301 893
5470-5725 MHz: 30 dBm e.i.r.p., WAS/RLAN, SANS 301 893
5725-5875 MHz: 25 mW e.i.r.p., non-specific SRD, SANS 300 440
All three WAS/RLAN rows list ECC/DEC/(04)08 under "Additional
Requirements". That decision restricts 5150-5350 MHz to indoor use and
requires DFS and TPC on 5250-5350 MHz and 5470-5725 MHz, but not on
5150-5250 MHz.
This reverses 99ebbaa ("wireless-regdb: Update ZA rules for 5490-5710
MHz"), which dropped DFS and the TPC deduction from that range in 2015
on the strength of the Radio Frequency Spectrum Regulations 2015, the
instrument current at the time. ICASA has since restated both
requirements, and rejected an industry objection to TPC in the reasons
document accompanying Notice 737:
"TPC and DFS are not new requirements as they have always been
requirements within the prescribed performance standard SANS 301 893"
Changes:
- Add DFS to 5470-5725 MHz. The entry currently permits 1 W across
5490-5710 MHz with no radar detection, in a band where ICASA
requires it.
- Add NO-OUTDOOR to 5150-5250 and 5250-5350 MHz, per the Notice 737
reasons document section 6.6(c): "based on numerous interference
complaints caused by the unauthorized outdoor deployment, the
Authority maintained the position allowing only indoor deployment in
those bands".
- Raise 5150-5250 MHz from 20 to 23 dBm. Same document: "the Authority
updated the power limit to 23 dBm in accordance with the prescribed
performance standard SANS 301 893".
- Lower 5470-5725 MHz from 30 to 27 dBm and keep 5250-5350 MHz at
20 dBm, taking the figure that applies without TPC. The three
resulting values match DE, FR, IE and NL, which carry 200 mW, 100 mW
and 500 mW for these bands under the same ECC decision.
- Align the 5 GHz band edges with the gazetted limits: 5170 to 5150,
5330 to 5350, 5490 to 5470, 5710 to 5725. This yields no additional
channel at any width; channel 144 still does not fit, needing
5730 MHz where ZA authorises 5725 MHz.
- Align the 2.4 GHz band edges the same way: 2402 to 2400, 2482 to
2483.5. The gazetted row is 2400-2483.5 MHz at 100 mW e.i.r.p. for
wideband data transmission systems under SANS 300 328, so the power
is unchanged at 20 dBm and only the edges move. This yields no
additional channel either: channel 13 occupies 2462-2482 MHz and
already fits, and channel 14 would need 2494 MHz. DE, FR, IE and NL
carry the same 2400-2483.5 MHz range. Also change the limit unit
to mW to match.
- Add the 5725-5875 MHz non-specific SRD row at 25 mW, as in DE, FR,
IE and NL.
For a device this makes channels 149 to 173 available at 14 dBm, adds
one 80 MHz channel at centre 155, gains 3 dB on channels 36 to 48, and
costs 3 dB plus radar gating on channels 100 to 140. No channel is
lost, and the 160 MHz picture is unchanged.
The 6 GHz row is untouched.
Reference:
Notice 1822 of 2023, Government Gazette 48643, 18 May 2023
https://www.gov.za/sites/default/files/gcis_document/202305/48643gon1822.pdf
Signed-off-by: Louis Kotze <loukot@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260728094534.3749420-1-loukot@gmail.com
[wens@kernel.org: Change 2.4 GHz range power limit unit to mW]
Signed-off-by: Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@kernel.org>
commit 24828389a8bcb08a8f00aa65782a486e83dc00ff
Author: Louis Kotze <loukot@gmail.com>
Date: Mon Jul 27 10:59:53 2026 +0200
wireless-regdb: Remove DFS flag from 60 GHz band for Togo (TG)
Commit aad0c26 ("wireless-regdb: Update regulatory info for Togo (TG)
for 2022") added a DFS flag to every band in the Togo entry, including
the 57-66 GHz band.
The source regulation, ARCEP Decision N° 226/ARCEP/DG/22 of 30 December
2022, Annexe 2 section 9 ("Dispositifs de transmission de données à
large bande"), states for the 57-66 GHz row:
57 - 66 GHz | PIRE de 40 dBm et densité de 13 dBm/MHz | Des
techniques d'accès au spectre et d'atténuation des interférences
doivent être utilisées. | Les installations extérieures fixes sont
exclues.
Unlike the 5150-5350 MHz and 5470-5850 MHz rows, which explicitly
require "des techniques de sélection automatique de fréquences (DFS)",
the 57-66 GHz row requires only generic spectrum access and
interference mitigation techniques. DFS is not mentioned. There is no
radar service to protect in this band, and ETSI EN 302 567 does not
specify DFS for it.
The same commit also set DFS on the 2400-2483.5 MHz and 5925-6425 MHz
rows. Those are left as they are: the decision does print "(DFS)" in
both, so dropping the flag there would go further than the source
allows, even though DFS is a 5 GHz radar-avoidance mechanism and reads
oddly in those bands. The 60 GHz row is the only one with no basis in
the text.
Drop the DFS flag accordingly, and normalise the missing space in the
bandwidth field on the same line.
Reference:
https://arcep.tg/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Decision-226-22-Determinant-les-categories-et-conditions-techniques-dexploitation-des-appareils-de-faible-puissance-et-de-faible-portee.pdf
(Annexe 2, section 9, page 21)
Signed-off-by: Louis Kotze <loukot@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260727085953.356259-1-loukot@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@kernel.org>
Among the 2 debian patches available in version 2026.09.03-1 of the package, we noticed the following issues:
![[bug history graph]](https://qa.debian.org/data/bts/graphs/w/wireless-regdb.png){kind=link}