2012-05-11 08:38:18

by Johannes Berg

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Subject: [PATCH 0/3] AP mode channel setting simplification

Ath6kl stores the channel, while mac80211 tries to
immediately apply it. The latter isn't great for
multi-channel.

Change cfg80211 to store the channel, and give it
to the driver (mac80211, ath6kl, etc.) only in the
start_ap() function.

This simplifies ath6kl a lot, and while it doesn't
make a difference to mac80211 today I think it'll
make it simpler to implement multi-channel.

johannes


2012-05-16 17:17:49

by John W. Linville

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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] AP mode channel setting simplification

On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 10:34:13AM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> Ath6kl stores the channel, while mac80211 tries to
> immediately apply it. The latter isn't great for
> multi-channel.
>
> Change cfg80211 to store the channel, and give it
> to the driver (mac80211, ath6kl, etc.) only in the
> start_ap() function.
>
> This simplifies ath6kl a lot, and while it doesn't
> make a difference to mac80211 today I think it'll
> make it simpler to implement multi-channel.
>
> johannes

I had some trouble with applying at least 1/3, so I skipped this
batch as well.

John
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