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Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] nl80211/cfg80211: add ap channel switch command/event

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On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 8:39 PM, Johannes Berg
<johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-06-20 at 20:17 +0300, Goldenshtein, Victor wrote:
>
>> >>   * @NL80211_FEATURE_DFS: Radar detection is supported in the HW/driver.
>> >> + * @NL80211_FEATURE_AP_CH_SWITCH: This driver supports AP channel switch.
>> >
>> > what point is there in separating these flags?
>> >
>>
>> One may support AP channel switch without DFS support, i.e. switching
>> to non DFS channels.
>
> Oh, right, makes sense, though I'd enforce that DFS must support
> chanswitch?
>

we already do that, hostapd can start working on DFS channels only if
both flags are set.

>> >
>> >> +     int     (*ap_channel_switch)(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
>> >> +                                  u32 count, bool block_tx,
>> >> +                                  bool post_switch_block_tx,
>> >> +                                  struct ieee80211_channel *new_ch);
>> >
>> > If mac80211 needs a struct, why not have one here already rather than
>> > all the parameters?
>> >
>>
>> OK, it I will just require additional mac patch before current one, I
>> will split the "mac80211: add ap channel switch command/event".
>
> Well, you'll have to move the struct definition into cfg80211 and into
> this patch I think.
>

The STA channel switch struct (struct ieee80211_channel_switch) is
defined in mac80211.h, thus I think the new struct for the ap channel
switch should be also there, I will just split the mac patch into two.


And, almost forgot, thanks for reviewing so many patches in one day ;-)

-- 
Victor.
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