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Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] cfg80211: Add nl80211 antenna configuration

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On Tue, 2010-07-27 at 18:48 +0900, Bruno Randolf wrote:

> The antenna configuration is defined as a bitmap of allowed antennas to use for
> either receiving or transmitting. Separate bitmaps are used for RX and TX to
> allow configuring different antennas for receiving and transmitting. The bitmap
> is 8 bit long, each bit representing one antenna, starting with antenna 1.
> 
> If multiple receive (RX) antennas are selected, the driver may use diversity or
> multiple 802.11n RX chains, according to the chipset capabilities and
> configuration.

I'm still not convinced that this is the best approach. Can you discuss
this a bit?

johannes

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