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Re: [RFC 2/4] cfg80211: support unused HT-cap-per-band configuration

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On Fri, 2012-07-06 at 10:41 +0300, Arik Nemtsov wrote:

> >> You mean move out ht_supported?
> >
> > Yeah, I think that'd make more sense? Have it in the sband directly.
> 
> It does make more sense. But I was thinking there might be code
> setting this dynamically in some drivers, so the changes would be
> non-trivial. The union was sort of a compromise.

Well the thing is ... it'll always stay that way if we don't fix it now.
I don't think it's a huge deal to change all the drivers, though I'll
admit that it might be a little tricky in some drivers.


> Maybe move it out for vht_cap for now? :)

Here's to hoping you fix the chips in the future instead! ;-)

> > I think the function should restrict to NO_HT in case it doesn't have
> > caps, otherwise it can't properly restrict. I suppose that means you
> > won't be able to do HT monitoring with your device, but I can live with
> > that.
> 
> Actually the ht_supported flag is still global, so HT monitoring is
> possible, just not HT40 monitoring I think. We'll fix that if the need
> arises (or just boot the driver with fixed caps via a module param).

Yeah I guess that's true.

johannes

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