Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:55966 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751902AbYKLVbL (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:31:11 -0500 Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:29:00 -0500 From: "John W. Linville" To: Marcel Holtmann Cc: Reinette Chatre , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, ipw3945-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Abhijeet Kolekar , Zhu Yi Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2 2.6.28] iwlwifi : Fix channel scanning/association in 5Ghz band Message-ID: <20081112212900.GI2411@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20081112_223116_030245_8034D4A8) References: <1225912449-26625-1-git-send-email-reinette.chatre@intel.com> <20081106134950.GB14184@tuxdriver.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20081106134950.GB14184@tuxdriver.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 08:49:50AM -0500, John W. Linville wrote: > On Wed, Nov 05, 2008 at 11:17:22PM +0100, Marcel Holtmann wrote: > > >> This patch is related to bug 11870 at bugzilla.kernel.org. With > >> correct regulatory information the number of channels to scan > >> will be correct and not zero as seen in that bug. > >> > >> This patch eliminates the need for wireless to be compiled with > >> CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY to get correct regulatory behavior with > >> iwlwifi. > > > > so this is still for 2.6.28, but for 2.6.29 and wireless-testing the API > > changed and we need a separate or different patch. > > > > John, Dave what is your take on pushing this to Linus this late in the > > merge window? I personally think we should do that. And if not, then > > change the Intel wireless Kconfig to select > > CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY by default at least. > > CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY is already 'default y' now. I don't > really see why iwlwifi should _require_ that if someone decides to > choose a non-default configuration. In case this was unclear, I'm dropping these patches for 2.6.28. The original post said different patches are needed for -next anyway. John -- John W. Linville Linux should be at the core linville@tuxdriver.com of your literate lifestyle.