Subject: Re: Wireless channel stuck to -1 on mon0 (fix patch submission)
From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=E1bor?= Stefanik <netrolller.3d@gmail.com>
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Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 22:36:12 +0100
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On Sun, 2010-12-19 at 21:58 +0100, Gábor Stefanik wrote:
> This is a known problem, that has basically been WONTFIXed a while
> ago. I highly disagree with the reasoning, but the decision ultimately
> rests on Johannes. In the meantime, check patches.aircrack-ng.org for
> a workaround.
> 
> Johannes: I know that you consider reporting the actual channel of the
> PHY to be "confusing to users" when running with multiple virtual
> PHYs, but apparently this is what most users expect. Perhaps it
> *should* be implemented after all.

In which case it should be implemented properly, not half-baked like all
the patches we've seen so far.

johannes