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Re: [PATCHv2 1/3] nl80211/cfg80211: enable DFS for IBSS mode

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On Mon, 2013-10-07 at 18:41 +0200, Simon Wunderlich wrote:
> To use DFS in IBSS mode, userspace is required to react to radar events.
> It can inform nl80211 that it is capable of doing so by adding a
> NL80211_ATTR_DFS_CAPABLE attribute when joining the IBSS.
> 
> This attribute is supplied to let the kernelspace know that the
> userspace application can and will handle radar events, e.g. by
> intiating channel switches to a valid channel. DFS channels may
> only be used if this attribute is supplied and the driver supports
> it. Driver support will be checked even if a channel without DFS
> will be initially joined, as a DFS channel may be chosen later.

Applied, fixed the attribute name above.

johannes

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