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Re: [PATCHv6 00/18] Add support for 5 and 10 MHz channels

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On Tue, Jul 09, 2013 at 05:08:30PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Mon, 2013-07-08 at 16:55 +0200, Simon Wunderlich wrote:
> > This patchset adds support for 5 and 10 MHz in nl80211/cfg80211/mac80211
> > and enables support in ath5k and ath9k, which already support this feature
> > on the driver side. 5 and 10 MHz wide channels might be useful for:
> > 
> >  * long shot links, as the transmissions are more robust
> >  * future support for 802.11y which allows some 5 and 10 MHz channels in
> >    3.6 GHz range
> >  * future support for 802.11p which uses 10 MHz in 5.9 GHz range
> >  * ... and more "special" applications.
> > 
> > This patchset enables 5 and 10 MHz channels only for OFDM, and without
> > HT/MIMO/aggregation (for now). Support may be added later.
> 
> I've applied patches 1-10, not going to take the ath patches.

Thanks! I'll ask John to merge them when pulls mac80211-next, you might want
to mention that in your pull request too.

Thanks again,
	Simon

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