Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] nl80211: Add new WIPHY attribute COVERAGE_CLASS
From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: 8an@praha12.net
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	ath5k-devel@lists.ath5k.org
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Date: Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:01:17 +0100
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On Sun, 2009-12-06 at 18:22 +0100, Luk=C3=A1=C5=A1 Turek wrote:
> The new attribute NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_COVERAGE_CLASS sets IEEE 802.11
> Coverage Class,

This patch assumes that all hardware supports this, which is not really
what you want. You'll want to know if it can't be set. Yes, we assume
rts/cts can be set always, but that's a _much_ safer bet.

johannes

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