Subject: Re: Support for country information
From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: Charles Gordon <digigordo@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
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Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:32:05 +0100
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On Tue, 2009-03-17 at 18:26 -0400, Charles Gordon wrote:
> I'm writing a wireless driver that will use mac80211.  I am developing
> with a 2.6.28-00106 version kernel.

First of all, let me say that this is a mistake. The API is
ever-evolving, and you want to develop against wireless-testing.

> I took a look at the files in
> net/mac80211 and I don't see any code that looks at the country
> element in beacons and probe responses.  Am I missing something?  Does
> mac80211 handle country specific settings and regulatory domains?  If
> so, could you please tell me where I can find that code?  I need to
> figure out how to support 802.11j.  If country specific information is
> not supported at present, do you have a plan for when it will be?

It is handled in cfg80211, in net/wireless/, in recent wireless-testing
trees.

> Also, does mac80211 handle 802.11a action messages like the ones to
> change channels?

Yes, CSA is supported afaik, also only recently. See my first
sentence :)

johannes

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