Return-path: Received: from mga01.intel.com ([192.55.52.88]:43485 "EHLO mga01.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755495Ab2DSNy6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:54:58 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] iwlwifi: add option to disable 5GHz band From: "Guy, Wey-Yi" To: Stanislaw Gruszka Cc: Johannes Berg , Intel Linux Wireless , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1334830280-3019-1-git-send-email-sgruszka@redhat.com> References: <1334830280-3019-1-git-send-email-sgruszka@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:50:22 -0700 Message-ID: <1334843422.27767.151.camel@wwguy-huron> (sfid-20120419_155508_379162_01BDB5AB) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi Stanislaw, On Thu, 2012-04-19 at 12:11 +0200, Stanislaw Gruszka wrote: > There are various problems happened on 5GHz band not observed on > 2.4 GHz (microcode errors, queue stuck, etc... ) . Also roaming > between 5GHz AP and 2GHz does not work very well. To workaround > the problems add option to disable 5GHz support. This will help > on environments where APs are dual-band, and devices will not try > to associate on band where issues happen. > > Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka > --- I will push into iwlwifi tree, run regression test, then push together with our internal patches if it is ok for you Thanks Wey