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

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On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:34 AM, Bruno Randolf <br1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tuesday 11 May 2010 17:53:19 you wrote:
>> 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*?
>
> thanks for the review! i'll resend tomorrow.
>
> i personally don't know about 802.11n - and what i need is about *antennas* :)

I figured, let us help you with the 11n review.

  Luis
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