Return-path: Received: from s3.sipsolutions.net ([144.76.43.152]:44048 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755326Ab3JQOki (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Oct 2013 10:40:38 -0400 Message-ID: <1382020835.14410.16.camel@jlt4.sipsolutions.net> (sfid-20131017_164041_654870_3A935214) Subject: Re: [PATCH] cfg80211/nl80211: Add support to report unsafe frequency ranges(s) From: Johannes Berg To: Rajesh Chauhan Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, rodrigue@qca.qualcomm.com, jouni@qca.qualcomm.com Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 16:40:35 +0200 In-Reply-To: <1381985833-31312-1-git-send-email-rajeshc@qca.qualcomm.com> References: <1381985833-31312-1-git-send-email-rajeshc@qca.qualcomm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, 2013-10-16 at 21:57 -0700, Rajesh Chauhan wrote: > Add support for WLAN driver to report unsafe frequency range(s). Why? > User > space should move SAP/P2P-GO out of those unsafe frequency range(s). > User space may decide to continue operation on unsafe frequency but in > such case there might be impact on performance because of interference. SAP? I don't think SAP will move - they're pretty stuck in Walldorf :P This is pretty strange patch, and very little justification. "Unsafe" is also a really bad word. johannes