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Re: [PATCH] wl12xx: Add support for HW channel switch

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On Mon, 2011-09-26 at 10:23 +0300, Victor Goldenshtein wrote: 
> On 26/09/2011 09:25, Luciano Coelho wrote:
> >>> I checked this a bit further and I don't see the point in sending all
> >>> packets here.  In fact, if block_tx is set, we can't even send any more
> >>> frames until the switch happens (or fails).  So we should at least check
> >>> this here.
> >> The block_tx is taken into account in the mac layer.
> >
> > This is a bit strange, though.  I checked the code and nobody seems to
> > be using the block_tx element of ieee80211_channel_switch, so I wonder
> > why it's there at all.
> >
> 
> As far as I know the block_tx is for the DFS channel switch 
> implementation, when block_tx=1, the firmware will not start tx on new 
> channel.

I'll check this up with our firmware team.

-- 
Cheers,
Luca.

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