On 08/01/2012 10:58 PM, Seth Forshee wrote: > As reported by Josh Boyer, brcmsmac is producing lockdep warnings by > calling freq_reg_info() without holding cfg80211_lock. Currently > freq_reg_info() is the only way for a wireless driver to tell whether > OFDM is allowed on the current channel, but cfg80211_lock is outside the > scope of the wireless drivers. > > Since other regulatory restrictions are communicated in the channel > definition, it makes sense to do the same for OFDM. These patches add a > new flag, IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_OFDM, which is set by regulatory to > indicated OFDM operation is prohibited. brcmsmac is modifified to use > this flag instead of consuming the regulatory data directly. > > Thanks, > Seth I will try the patches on a lockdep-enabled kernel. Gr. AvS -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
