Return-path: Received: from mail-ob0-f174.google.com ([209.85.214.174]:36562 "EHLO mail-ob0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752464AbcFUOde (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Jun 2016 10:33:34 -0400 Received: by mail-ob0-f174.google.com with SMTP id mu6so24577619obc.3 for ; Tue, 21 Jun 2016 07:33:33 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20160621094146.GA3196@w1.fi> References: <1466470940-25229-1-git-send-email-julian.calaby@gmail.com> <20160621094146.GA3196@w1.fi> From: Dave Taht Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 07:25:22 -0700 Message-ID: (sfid-20160621_163340_012900_07DD94A0) Subject: Re: [ath9k-devel] [PATCH] ath9k: Support 4.9Ghz channels on AR9580 adapter. To: Jouni Malinen Cc: Julian Calaby , "ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org" , linux-wireless , QCA ath9k Development , Kalle Valo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 2:41 AM, Jouni Malinen wrote: > On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 11:02:20AM +1000, Julian Calaby wrote: >> I've only done this work as I hate to see people's efforts go to >> waste and I feel that there's enough roadblocks in the way of >> actually using this functionality that casual idiots won't be able >> to. > > Are these really ready to go to the upstream kernel in this state and > without the other changes that would be needed to operate correctly? > What is the use case for these and how have these been tested? So far as I know the use case for these is to make it possible to build open source wifi systems that enable emergency services. This strikes me as a worthy goal.