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Re: [PATCH 38/43] mac80211: allow disable FAT in specific configurations

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> >> > It seems to me that (12, -1) would be pretty much the same as (8, +1) as
> >> > far as regulatory is concerned.
> >>
> >> Yes, just beacons will flows on 12 and not on 8 so from protocol point
> >> this is important
> >
> > Yes, but how is it important to the regulatory regulations?
> 
> I didn't say it does.

Well the patch seemed to imply that it is, but ok, this is just how you
express things then.

> OK. Now I understand your question. The word 'band' is a bit
> overloaded.

Yeah, sorry.

>  Regulatory specs uses
> 'channel starting frequency' as for 2.4 or 5, 'channel spacing' as for
> 10 (Narrow) 20 (Wide) 40 (FAT) and
> channel set as list of channels for particular reg domain class such as 36, 48.

Right.

> I'm not aware of the cases that if (Ch1, +1) is on the same band  as
> (Ch2, -1) it won't be allowed in some regulatory domain, so your DB
> would be OK. Just the protocol doesn't talk in frequencies but in
> channels.

Right.

> When matching against such database you would need to check not only
> if you can associate against
>  X-Y Mhz (40Mhz) but also if you can fall to  X (20Mhz) or Y(20MHz)
> depending if X or Y is the  primary channel.

Yeah so I can actually deduce these flags by checking "Can we go up/down
from this channel by 20 MHz and still fall into the allowed range" or
something like that.

johannes

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