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Re: [PATCH v2] mac80211: Call commit() on channel setting

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> I think after all changes which affect the selected network a rejoin
> should be done.
> 
> For example you have at channel 4 a AP with the SSID "test" und at channel
> 11 an other AP with the same SSID, too.
> 
> If you now first say set_ssid("test") and then set_channel(11), we first
> join the network at channel 4 and then we switch the hardware low-level to
> channel 11. So we hang now in channel 4 with the BSSID of the network in
> channel 4 and nothing works anymore.

So we hang now in channel _11_ with the BSSID of the network in
channel 4 and nothing works anymore.

> I think the order of the commands should not affect the result on the end
> and the driver should never hang in an broken/undefined state if it can be
> recovered.

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