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README.md

This is a dumb proof-of-concept Linux kernel patch that lets you keep your configured 802.11 tx power in STA mode even if the AP you're associated with is advertising a different tx power in their beacon frames.

Mandatory Disclaimer

Something something proof of concept...educational purposes...
Running this may be illegal depending on your jurisdiction. Probably don't do it. For the official record, I never have. I just made it, for, reasons,

How to build

This is an archlinux kernel. If you run arch (btw):

makepkg -si

For other distros, you can manually apply the patch on top of your distro's linux kernel sources and use whatever build process they have.