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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 5/6] nl80211/cfg80211: add ap channel switch command
From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: Victor Goldenshtein <victorg@ti.com>
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Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:52:12 +0200
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On Sun, 2012-10-21 at 18:40 +0200, Victor Goldenshtein wrote:
> On 16/10/2012 21:06, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > Hmm, does that really work? I mean, it can do the update when the event
> > comes in, but is that fast enough, or should it give us the new beacon
> > already when programming the switching?
> >
> 
> Yes it works with our 12xx, in the 12xx the FW (upon channel switch 
> command) is responsible to decrement the channel switch count in the 
> beacon CSA IE and to remove the CSA IE from the beacon once device moves 
> to the new channel (+ to updates the DS).

So ... you've made this kind of behaviour a mandatory part of the
userspace API. Where is it documented then? How will it work with other
devices?

johannes