Subject: Re: [RFC/RFT] cfg80211/nl80211: add IBSS API
From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: Alina Friedrichsen <x-alina@gmx.net>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
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On Sun, 2009-04-19 at 18:32 +0200, Alina Friedrichsen wrote:
> > In cfg80211 an indication for channel auto select is needed for IBSS an=
d
> > _STA_ mode, to implement with it the old wext interface. If not set the
> > channel shouldn't be changed. If you not want store this flag in cfg802=
11, you
> > must store it in the channel functions of wext to have the same behavio=
r
> > like now.
>=20
> I looked in the Source:
>=20
> > @chan: The channel to use or %NULL if not specified
> > (auto-select based on scan results)
>=20
> I think this is enough for this purpose.

I don't think so -- how would I express "use channel 5 if you can't find
anything" in a single nl80211 command?

johannes

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