wifi: nl80211: reject color-change requests that change 6 GHz power type

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AP power type is regulatory operating state, so changing it requires
full AP reconfiguration and validation. Allowing it through
color-change could bypass stricter checks done in AP setup.

Keep color-change behavior limited to color updates only.

Signed-off-by: Pagadala Yesu Anjaneyulu <pagadala.yesu.anjaneyulu@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Miri Korenblit <miriam.rachel.korenblit@intel.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260921224731.1d8727ce4fbf.I1049058ae5e60b7ebcb450d03f6b13cee573eeea@changeid
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

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