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Re: [PATCH] ath6kl: fix incorrect use of IEEE80211_NUM_BANDS

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On 07/20/2012 12:11 AM, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:08:44 +0300
> Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 07/12/2012 08:48 PM, Pavel Roskin wrote:
>>> On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 12:13:12 +0300
>>> Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> +	/* only check 2.4 and 5 GHz bands, skip the rest */
>>>> +	for (band = 0; band <= IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ; band++) {
>>>
>>> There is something inelegant here.  The code is mixing an integer
>>> and an enum.  I'd rather go with one or those:
>>>
>>> two enums:
>>> for (band = IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ; band <= IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ;
>>> band++) {
>>
>> I somewhat see your point. But IMHO zero is commonly used when
>> iterating over an enum to denote the first value and I don't see how
>> IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ helps here.
> 
> It's the lowest band we support.  What if the 900MHz band is added one
> day?

Then that should be added to the end of the enum, not beginning. I think
it would be bad if we change enum values on the fly.

Kalle
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