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Re: [RFC v3 2/3] nl80211: channel type attribute for IBSS

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On 2011-06-21 5:52 PM, Alexander Simon wrote:
Allow nl80211 to set a ht channel for ibss.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Simon<alexander.simon@xxxxxxxxx>

diff -Nrup a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c	2011-06-01 21:04:33.000000000 +0200
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c	2011-06-21 13:21:38.000000000 +0200
@@ -4266,12 +4266,37 @@ static int nl80211_join_ibss(struct sk_b
  		ibss.ie_len = nla_len(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_IE]);
  	}

-	ibss.channel = ieee80211_get_channel(wiphy,
-		nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ]));
-	if (!ibss.channel ||
+	if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_CHANNEL_TYPE]) {
+		enum nl80211_channel_type channel_type;
+
+		channel_type = nla_get_u32(
+			info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_CHANNEL_TYPE]);
+		if (channel_type != NL80211_CHAN_NO_HT&&
+		    channel_type != NL80211_CHAN_HT20&&
+		    channel_type != NL80211_CHAN_HT40PLUS&&
+		    channel_type != NL80211_CHAN_HT40MINUS)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		ibss.channel_type = channel_type;
+	} else {
+		ibss.channel_type = NL80211_CHAN_NO_HT;
+	}
+
+	ibss.channel = rdev_freq_to_chan(rdev,
+		nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ]),
+		ibss.channel_type);
+	/*if (!ibss.channel ||
+	    ibss.channel->flags&  IEEE80211_CHAN_PASSIVE_SCAN ||
  	    ibss.channel->flags&  IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_IBSS ||
-	    ibss.channel->flags&  IEEE80211_CHAN_DISABLED)
+	    ibss.channel->flags&  IEEE80211_CHAN_RADAR)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if ((ibss.channel_type == NL80211_CHAN_HT40PLUS ||
+	     ibss.channel_type == NL80211_CHAN_HT40MINUS)&&
+	    !can_beacon_sec_chan(&rdev->wiphy, ibss.chan, ibss.channel_type)) {
+		printk(KERN_DEBUG
+		       "cfg80211: Secondary channel not "
+		       "allowed to initiate communication\n");
  		return -EINVAL;
+	}*/
That last part looks like a debugging hack, you should remove it before re-submitting that patch.

- Felix
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