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Re: [patch]mac80211: add support for iwlist channel

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On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:43:09 -0700, James Ketrenos wrote:
> [...]
> /**
>  * enum ieee80211_channel_flags - Channel flag bit values
>  * @IEEE80211_CHAN_W_TUNE: Hardware can tune to this channel
>  * @IEEE80211_CHAN_W_ACTIVE: Channel can be used for active scanning
>  * @IEEE80211_CHAN_W_IBSS: Hardware can act as IBSS Master
>  * @IEEE80211_CHAN_W_RADAR: Radar spectrum enforcement applies
>  * @IEEE80211_CHAN_W_TX_ALLOWED: Tx is allowed

Looks good, except...

> [...]
>  * A channel without the TX_ALLOWED bit set *can not* be used
>  * for any type of transmission and can only be used for passive
>  * listening.  This is useful for performing network audits.

I don't find this useful. The stack isn't aware of anything like this.
Do you plan to add a support for this flag? Also, cfg80211/nl80211
would need to be taught of it.

Thanks,

 Jiri

-- 
Jiri Benc
SUSE Labs
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