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Re: [PATCH v6 4/6] mac80211: use chanctx reservation for AP CSA

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On Fri, 2014-05-23 at 11:35 +0200, Michal Kazior wrote:

> > The thing is, I don't see that template based drivers would be able to
> > stop beaconing :-)
> >
> > This whole design that requires it seems a bit fishy to start with, so I
> > can't really imagine anyone writing firmware that supports it. That
> > said, ours only supports a single beacon at a time anyway, so we'll
> > switch immediately and don't have to do that anyway.
> 
> What if you have AP+STA and STA switches too? It might delay your AP
> interface switch, no? We could assume userspace always requests us to
> do The Right Thing, but should we trust it so much?

Most of the time we'd probably have a spare channel context anyway, so
it's not that big of a deal.

If we don't, well, I guess we might have to disconnect the STA or
something.

johannes

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