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Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] mac80211: antenna configuration

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On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 17:38 +0900, Bruno Randolf wrote:

> i have followed holger schurig's suggestion to use a bitmap for allowed
> antennas. when multiple antennas are selected in the bitmap, the driver may use
> diversity. i think that this allows for the most flexible, yet simple
> configuration of antennas, and drivers can just reject configurations they
> cannot support. i hope that this will also be generic enough for 802.11n with
> multiple antennas

Not sure ... 11n has antennas and chains, but people mix them up
frequently. Does this API even make sense for 11n? Use cases? Should it
be about *antennas*, or about *chains*?

johannes

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