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Re: [PATCH 2/3] nl80211: Export available antennas

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On Mon December 6 2010 17:17:33 Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-12-06 at 12:45 +0900, Bruno Randolf wrote:
> > +		NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_AVAIL,
> > +			    dev->wiphy.available_antennas);
> 
> I think you should not advertise this unless it's non-zero, and unless
> also the set/get callbacks are available.

I don't. Please check the context of this patch, esp patch 1. of this series.

> Similarly, I think you shouldn't advertise the set/get CMDs when the
> available antennas aren't set.

There are no set/get commands for antennas since you preferred putting it into 
wiphy info.

> Finally, you should check for nl80211 that the given tx/rx masks fall
> into the available antennas mask.

Allright, I can do that. Would you prefer to reject the command in this case 
or just apply the available mask?

bruno
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