Unable to set txpower on wifi card

[JD]

  On 08/30/2010 03:31 PM, Darr wrote:
> On Monday, 30 August, 2010 @21:33 zulu, JD scribed:
>
>>   On 08/30/2010 02:22 PM, JB wrote:
>>> iwconfig eth0 txpower auto
>> Even after setting it to auto, it still remains at 8dBm:
>
> http://lists.shmoo.com/pipermail/hostap/2008-March/017521.html
> suggests the RAW_TXPOWER_SETTING parameter needs to be
> defined in kernel options (then recompile) for manual setting of power
> levels to be possible.
>
> I did not actually look up that option in kernel-doc to see if it exists in
> fedora.
>
A mainline developer provided a patch which I am now
applying to kernel 2.6.35.4 (from kernel.org).
Will know if it works after I install and reboot.
As I had posted an FYI a couple of days ago, my
wifi card (rt2860) was not fully supported until
kernel 2.6.35. None of the Fedora releases support it yet
and I am not interested in the akmods from rpmfusion.

See https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17501