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Re: [PATCH v3 3.7 1/2] cfg80211: fix antenna gain handling

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On Wed, 2012-10-17 at 13:56 +0200, Felix Fietkau wrote:
> No driver initializes chan->max_antenna_gain to something sensible, and
> the only place where it is being used right now is inside ath9k. This
> leads to ath9k potentially using less tx power than it can use, which can
> decrease performance/range in some rare cases.
> 
> Rather than going through every single driver, this patch initializes
> chan->orig_mag in wiphy_register(), ignoring whatever value the driver
> left in there. If a driver for some reason wishes to limit it independent
> from regulatory rulesets, it can do so internally.

Applied both.

johannes

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