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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: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 21:06:30 +0200
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On Sun, 2012-10-14 at 16:48 +0200, Victor Goldenshtein wrote:
> Add NL80211_CMD_AP_CH_SWITCH command which
> triggers an AP channel switch process.
> 
> Usermode notified about channel switch complete
> event with NL80211_CMD_CH_SWITCH_NOTIFY.
> 
> Usermode (hostapd) is responsible to update the
> channel switch announcement IE in the beacon
> prior and after the channel switch operation.

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?

johannes