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Re: [PATCH] wl12xx: disable 11a channels when regulatory changes if 11a is not supported

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On Fri, 2010-11-26 at 14:14 +0100, ext Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-11-26 at 14:43 +0200, luciano.coelho@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > From: Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@xxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Instead of simply not scanning for the 11a channels when not supported by the
> > hardware, disable the channels in reg_notify.  This centralizes the decision
> > on whether to scan 5GHz channel in one place and allows userspace to know
> > exactly which channels are in use.
> 
> Why are you advertising them to start with though?

Because the driver support chips with and without 11a (namely wl1273 and
wl1271).  When we register the channels with mac80211, we don't know
whether the chip supports 11a or not, so we need to decide at runtime.

-- 
Cheers,
Luca.

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