Return-path: Received: from mail-wy0-f174.google.com ([74.125.82.174]:37561 "EHLO mail-wy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753511Ab0FBTqr convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Jun 2010 15:46:47 -0400 Received: by wyi11 with SMTP id 11so2176506wyi.19 for ; Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:46:46 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <1274856569-13436-1-git-send-email-emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com> <4825B8A2C4E264489E57869F0DCFB22343E33E611F@hasmsx502.ger.corp.intel.com> <4825B8A2C4E264489E57869F0DCFB22343E33E6133@hasmsx502.ger.corp.intel.com> Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 22:46:45 +0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [RFC] wireless-regdb: Add A band in IL From: Emmanuel Grumbach To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Cc: "Grumbach, Emmanuel" , "linville@tuxdriver.com" , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , Michael Green , David Quan Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: > wrote: > >>On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Grumbach, Emmanuel > >> wrote: > >>>>> ?country IL: > >>>>> ? ? ? ?(2402 - 2482 @ 40), (N/A, 20) > >>>>> + ? ? ? (5150 - 5250 @ 40). (N/A, 200 mW), NO-OUTDOOR > >>>>> + ? ? ? (5250 - 5350 @ 40). (N/A, 200 mW), NO-OUTDOOR, DFS > >>>> > >>>>I believe the one standing issue here is you are enabling HT40 on 5 > >>>>GHz, how about enabling 2.4 GHz first, and then through a separate > >>>>patch and time/review we review the HT40 stuff, unless you are in no > >>>>rush to get 2.4 GHz enabled. > >>>> > >>> > >>> I am not following... HT40 on 2.4 GHz is already enabled... > >>> What should I enable in 2.4 GHz ? > >> > >>Sorry I meant 5 GHz. > > > > Actually 40GHz is less a problem in 5GHz than in 2.4GHz since in 2.4GHz > > I need to have a "Coexistence mechanism", which is not required in 5GHz. > > This Coexistence mechanism is apparently implemented by one OEM under the > > name "Clear Channel Assessment (CCA)". > > > > In short, I don't think there is any special issue with 40MHz in 5GHz, but > > I may miss something here... In any case, I have no problem with sending > > a patch that allows 5GHz in 20MHz for the moment. > > I can also have a look at the EEPROM in our NICs which is supposed to have > > all the needed limitations. Details to follow tomorrow. > > OK thanks for the clarification Emmanuel, please give Michael some > time to review. > How much time ? :-)