Return-path: Received: from mail-wm0-f48.google.com ([74.125.82.48]:36594 "EHLO mail-wm0-f48.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754640AbcBXOZm (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Feb 2016 09:25:42 -0500 Received: by mail-wm0-f48.google.com with SMTP id g62so274144813wme.1 for ; Wed, 24 Feb 2016 06:25:42 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <56CDB213.8060004@candelatech.com> References: <1456180974-21062-1-git-send-email-greearb@candelatech.com> <56CC62BC.308@candelatech.com> <56CDAEF6.1080606@candelatech.com> <56CDB213.8060004@candelatech.com> From: Arik Nemtsov Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 16:25:27 +0200 Message-ID: (sfid-20160224_152546_239957_B0D40E46) Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: Let VHT work on 2.4Ghz To: Ben Greear Cc: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , Johannes Berg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 3:37 PM, Ben Greear wrote: > > > On 02/24/2016 05:32 AM, Arik Nemtsov wrote: >> >> On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 3:24 PM, Ben Greear >> wrote: >>>> >>>> Also it's pretty easy to just leave the code there and condition the >>>> check on the 5GHz band. There's no need to remove it. >>> >>> >>> >>> Ok, so I can enable VHT on any band as long as the 5Ghz band exists and >>> allows 80Mhz? >>> >> >> No idea about that. I'm not sure how/if rate modulation is regulated >> on 2GHz. The ISM band itself is supposed to be open (microwave heating >> etc.) so it seems fine to me. >> But don't take me up on that. This is lawyer domain. > > > I'm trying to understand your suggestion. > > Maybe you mean I change my patch to only disable VHT if band == 5Ghz AND > 80Mhz is not available? Yes. But I'm not saying you can enable 2.4GHz VHT in that case. I don't know about that.