Return-path: Received: from mail.atheros.com ([12.36.123.2]:56350 "EHLO mail.atheros.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757201AbZLOVoN convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:44:13 -0500 Received: from mail.atheros.com ([10.10.20.105]) by sidewinder.atheros.com for ; Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:44:13 -0800 Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:44:06 -0800 From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" To: =?utf-8?B?THVrw6HFoQ==?= Turek <8an@praha12.net> CC: Luis Rodriguez , "johannes@sipsolutions.net" , "ath5k-devel@lists.ath5k.org" , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , "linville@tuxdriver.com" Subject: Re: [ath5k-devel] [PATCH 1/5] nl80211: Add new WIPHY attribute COVERAGE_CLASS Message-ID: <20091215214406.GB2067@tux> References: <1260899813-17585-1-git-send-email-8an@praha12.net> <20091215190051.GC2123@tux> <20091215190248.GE2123@tux> <200912152207.33024.8an@praha12.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" In-Reply-To: <200912152207.33024.8an@praha12.net> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 01:07:32PM -0800, Lukáš Turek wrote: > On 15.12.2009 20:02 you wrote: > > And if your IBSS and the AP already sent the coverage class through the > > country IE I am not sure if we should allow overriding it. > Overriding the coverage class is harmless, it won't allow you to break any > laws like overriding regulatory domain does. I'm not concerned about how you override it, I am concerned about creating consistancy though and avoiding tweaks through userspace which can screw things. I'll address this in more details in the other threads. Luis