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Re: [PATCH v4 6/6] mac80211: add ap channel switch command/event

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On Thu, 2012-11-01 at 09:54 +0200, Victor Goldenshtein wrote:

> > Also wrt. channel contexts, how will CAC/radar check work? The AP isn't
> > bound to a channel until start_ap(), so somehow you'll have to bind it
> 
> As I mentioned in my previous email we do it with __nl80211_set_channel().

Yeah but that probably should change anyway, for channel contexts?

> > (and keep it on that channel!) while the DFS check is running? And also
> > prohibit using multiple channels at this time...?
> 
> Why we need to prohibit multiple channels during CAC?

Because you can't do CAC properly while you're channel-hopping?

> I don't see any problems to start CAC on different channels (once we"ll 
> add this support)

I do see issues with that, but let's not worry about it for now.

> also lets not forget that CAC is relevant only for 
> the AP role. Today for the MR single channel scenarios we have this 
> check in the nl80211_start_radar_detection():

MR?

> +» if·(chan->cac_started)
> +» » return·-EBUSY;
> 
> which should block concurrent CAC executions on the same channel.

Yes.

> Anyway, the "DFS channel contexts" are not part of this patch series, 
> and can be added later.

No ... channel contexts are in the kernel now, so you do have to think
about it now.

johannes

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