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Re: [PATCH] libertas: remove unused 11d code

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On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 6:18 PM, Holger Schurig
<hs4233@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Is the countryinfo->countrycode not usable for
>> regulatory_hint_11d() ?
>
> I guess so, but the libertas+cfg80211 patch hasn't yet landed.
>
> And if it lands, it will have a WAY simpler 11d coding than
> before:
>
> 1. get the region code out of the EEPROM, convert it, call call
> regulatory_hint_11d().
>
> 2. no need to parse the scan result IE for a WLAN_EID_COUNTRY,
> because cfg80211 does this for us
>
> 3. no need to parse the association response either, because
> cfg80211 does this for us
>
> 4. no need to store special channel settings, because cfg80211
> does this for us
>
>
> At least this is how I understand it based on my current
> region-handling knowledge of cfg80211, which isn't too deep.

Sounds right.

  Luis
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