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Re: [PATCH 07/13] cfg80211: only export disable flag on channel disablement

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On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:35:01PM -0800, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 08:32 -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> 
> > > > -	chan->flags = flags | map_regdom_flags(reg_rule->flags);
> > > > +	rule_flags = map_regdom_flags(reg_rule->flags);
> > > > +	if (flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_DISABLED)
> > > > +		chan->flags = IEEE80211_CHAN_DISABLED;
> > > > +	else
> > > > +		chan->flags = flags | rule_flags;
> > > 
> > > but why bother with more complicated code when adding a few more flags
> > > doesn't hurt?
> > 
> > I don't see these few lines as complicated really, but if you don't like them
> > that's fine. We can also fix this in userspace so that disable|radar|no-ibss
> > doesn't show up. I frankly think its pointless to keep them though.
> 
> It's not exactly complicated, but I bet at some point we'll scratch our
> heads why we did it ;)

I can put a note, if that helps, or are you strongly opposed to this? :)
Just an itch to scratch really, have you seen the output of iwlist on
disabled channels? It can get long on radar/no-ibss channels. We can also
handle this in userspace but seems pointles if the channels is disabled.

  Luis
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