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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 10:01 PM, Felix Fietkau wrote:
> On 2010-01-17 9:48 PM, Johannes Berg wrote:
>> On Sun, 2010-01-17 at 21:23 +0100, Felix Fietkau wrote:
>> 
>>> I want to be able to have some status info without having to go
>>> through
>>> hostapd or wpa_supplicant to get it. Currently the channel is exported
>>> by wext, but not nl80211, so I want to fix that.
>> 
>> But like I said, you already have that information in the relevant
>> cases. hostapd you can just look in the config file for it...
> Nope, hostapd can deviate from the config, e.g. in the HT40 case. It'll
> switch primary and secondary channel, if necessary, or switch from HT40
> to HT20 entirely if there are overlapping BSSs. And what about STA mode?
> The channel won't be in the config in that case.
Sorry, overlooked the part about STA mode in the last email, but for AP
mode it's still valid, IMHO.

- Felix
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