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Re: [PATCH] crda: handle AUTO bw setting in db2rd

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On Thu, 2014-02-20 at 08:27 +0100, Janusz Dziedzic wrote:
> On 19 February 2014 23:00, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 10:12 PM, Janusz Dziedzic
> > <janusz.dziedzic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> 2014-02-19 1:33 GMT+01:00 Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >>> On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Janusz Dziedzic
> >>> <janusz.dziedzic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>> Handle AUTO bandwidth setting in db2rd.
> >>>> Don't add NL80211_ATTR_FREQ_RANGE_MAX_BW attribute
> >>>> in case of AUTO bw calculation.
> >>>>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Janusz Dziedzic <janusz.dziedzic@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>>
> >>> Please elaborate more on this. Who deals with the automatic math on
> >>> the bandwidth?
> >>>
> >> cfg80211,
> >>
> >> Please check patch:
> >> cfg80211: regulatory introduce maximum bandwidth calculation
> >
> > OK, so we don't send the max bandwidth attribute now, what about
> > support for older kernels?
> >
> Yes, seems we should send this even this is 0.
> Next for old kernel, all channels where BW=0 will be HT20 only.

Is that really a good idea?

Maybe crda should just get the logic to determine maximum bandwidth,
like you did in the kernel, and then we can even revert the kernel code
again?

johannes

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