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Re: [PATCH 1/2] cfg80211: add a callback for querying the operating frequency and export it through nl80211

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On 2010-01-17 9:00 PM, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Sun, 2010-01-17 at 20:57 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:
>> On Sun, 2010-01-17 at 20:54 +0100, Felix Fietkau wrote:
>> 
>> > +	int	(*get_channel)(struct wiphy *wiphy,
>> > +			       struct ieee80211_channel **chan,
>> > +			       enum nl80211_channel_type *channel_type);
>> 
>> Can you do that per netdev, please? We'll eventually get into having
>> to support different channels on different netdevs.
> 
> OTOH, where is this really needed?
> 
> If you have an IBSS or managed mode then you know from the BSS info what
> channel you should be on... APs are completely userspace controlled
> anyway, so are monitors.
I was thinking about scanning, but then again, that's not handled by my
patch series either. I'll simplify it and make it per-netdev.

- Felix
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