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Re: [PATCH 06/16] mac80211: tell drivers the user TX power restriction

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On Sun, 2015-03-01 at 09:10 +0200, Emmanuel Grumbach wrote:
> From: Avri Altman <avri.altman@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Allow drivers to obtain the user's TX power restrictions in
> order to be able to  apply it properly on (for example)
> hardware scanning which operations on a set of channels,
> in which case mac80211 cannot properly apply the per-channel
> regulatory limits, and the currently exposed txpower value,
> which is the minimum  of the user setting, channel regulatory
> and possible 11h AP reduction isn't  appropriate to use
> since scanning is done on many channels.
> 
> Note that drivers need to be careful when using this value
> and must ensure that  regulatory is maintained, i.e. the
> new value cannot be used as-is.

Actually, given that it looks like this conflicts with other things
we're doing, we're probably going to find another approach. I'll drop
this for now from my tree.

johannes

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