Return-path: Received: from youngberry.canonical.com ([91.189.89.112]:49335 "EHLO youngberry.canonical.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760416Ab2FDNTP (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Jun 2012 09:19:15 -0400 Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 08:19:09 -0500 From: Seth Forshee To: Arend van Spriel Cc: Brett Rudley , "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 Message-ID: <20120604131909.GA18673@thinkpad-t410> (sfid-20120604_151932_207023_278C5F04) 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> <4FCBCCFC.7000905@broadcom.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <4FCBCCFC.7000905@broadcom.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sun, Jun 03, 2012 at 10:45:48PM +0200, Arend van Spriel wrote: > On 06/01/2012 08:16 PM, Seth Forshee wrote: > > 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. > > I did not follow up with you, but I exchanged some emails with Brett on > this. As brcmsmac does not support AP mode (yet) it does not need radar > detection. Detection and appropriate action is coordinated by the AP. > > > I'm more than happy to drop this patch if there's not regulatory > > impedement to operating on the DFS channels. > > > > Let's drop it then. Sorry for not informing you sooner. I will have a > look at the other patches as well. No problem. I dropped the patch locally on Friday and have been running with it over the weekend. I'll wailt a bit longer before resending to see if you notice anything else that should be changed. Seth