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RE: [PATCH] mwifiex: remove set_channel cfg80211 hook

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On Fri, 2012-05-11 at 11:21 -0700, Bing Zhao wrote:
> Hi Johannes,
> 
> > From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Since mwifiex only supports managed and IBSS
> > modes, it doesn't need a set_channel call. The
> > callback might be called, but it won't matter
> > as nothing can use the channel.
> 
> We still need this set_channel hander for station IBSS mode.
> User may want to use "iw mlan0 set channel 11" command to configure the channel before starting an IBSS network.

That doesn't make sense though, since you should give the channel to
join the IBSS?

iw mlan0 ibss join <SSID> 2462

So maybe mwifiex_cfg80211_join_ibss() should use the channel it gets
instead.

johannes

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