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Re: [PATCH] cfg80211: fix WEXT ioctl GIWFREQ for monitor interfaces

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On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 10:27 PM, Johannes Berg
<johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-07-19 at 20:41 +0200, David Gnedt wrote:
>> The cfg80211_set_freq function now also saves the channel for monitor
>> interfaces.
>> This fixes a issue were the WEXT ioctl GIWFREQ doesn't report the correct
>> channel when the channel was switched in monitor mode.
>
> This is still wrong, as discussed previously on this list.
>
> johannes
>

And the conclusion was... ?


(BTW, I say that a GIWFREQ on a monitor interface should always return
the channel the PHY is tuned to at the moment when it is issued. Most
tools seem to expect this behavior.)
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