Return-path: Received: from mms3.broadcom.com ([216.31.210.19]:3666 "EHLO MMS3.broadcom.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933623Ab2FASic convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Jun 2012 14:38:32 -0400 From: "Brett Rudley" To: "Seth Forshee" cc: "Arend Van Spriel" , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , "Roland Vossen" , "Franky (Zhenhui) Lin" , "Kan Yan" , "Pieter-Paul Giesberts" , "John W. Linville" Subject: RE: [PATCH 05/10] brcm80211: smac: remove DFS channels from 5GHz band Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 18:38:20 +0000 Message-ID: <2D7FF7D769509245B7AD0DB511D0FD3A17AD15@SJEXCHMB09.corp.ad.broadcom.com> (sfid-20120601_203836_349030_2728D7AD) References: <1338567336-12076-1-git-send-email-seth.forshee@canonical.com> <1338567336-12076-6-git-send-email-seth.forshee@canonical.com> <2D7FF7D769509245B7AD0DB511D0FD3A17AB30@SJEXCHMB09.corp.ad.broadcom.com> <20120601181625.GA31517@thinkpad-t410> In-Reply-To: <20120601181625.GA31517@thinkpad-t410> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: > On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 05:52:55PM +0000, Brett Rudley wrote: > > > > Not quite understanding this. Why does a STA need radar detection when > the NO_IBSS flag is set? > > Arend specifically suggested removing these channels due to lack of DFS > support [1]. I replied asking whether it was at least possible to detect > radar presence and stop transmitting in order to be able to use these > channels. The last response from Arend was that he was going to check on > the firmware capabilities. Our ucode refrains from transmitting in the absence of all other 802.11 traffic on 5 Ghz channels. > I'm more than happy to drop this patch if there's not regulatory impedement to operating on the DFS channels. Please. Thanks Brett