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RE: [PATCH 05/10] brcm80211: smac: remove DFS channels from 5GHz band

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> On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 05:52:55PM +0000, Brett Rudley wrote:
> >
> > Not quite understanding this. Why does a STA need radar detection when
> the NO_IBSS flag is set?
> 
> Arend specifically suggested removing these channels due to lack of DFS
> support [1]. I replied asking whether it was at least possible to detect
> radar presence and stop transmitting in order to be able to use these
> channels. The last response from Arend was that he was going to check on
> the firmware capabilities.

Our ucode refrains from transmitting in the absence of all other 802.11 traffic on 5 Ghz channels.

> I'm more than happy to drop this patch if there's not regulatory impedement to operating on the DFS channels.

Please.

Thanks
Brett


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