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Re: [PATCH] mac80211: don't always advertise remain-on-channel

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On Mon, 2012-03-26 at 18:47 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: 
> From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Not all devices are really capable of implementing
> remain-on-channel, even if it is implemented in SW,
> as they can't necessarily deal with channel changes
> while associated.
> 
> Remove the WIPHY_FLAG_HAS_REMAIN_ON_CHANNEL and add
> it only if either the driver has remain_on_channel
> implemented in the driver/device.
> 
> Also add it to all drivers that advertise P2P right
> now since those definitely have to have it working.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> I think e.g. wl1251 would completely get fucked up by this .. let's not
> go there. Also iwlegacy wouldn't like offchannel much, and doesn't need
> it since it'll never have P2P anyway.

Yes, I'm pretty sure it wouldn't work as is with wl1251.  So, let's
leave it out.

Otherwise, for the wl12xx part:

Acked-by: Luciano Coelho <coelho@xxxxxx>

-- 
Cheers,
Luca.

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