Re: [V2, 4.8, 1/2] brcmutil: add field storing control channel to the struct brcmu_chan

From: Kalle Valo
Date: Tue Jun 14 2016 - 10:28:26 EST


RafaÅ MiÅecki wrote:
> Our d11 code supports encoding/decoding channel info into/from chanspec
> format used by firmware. Current implementation is quite misleading
> because of the way "chnum" field is used.
> When encoding channel info, "chnum" has to be filled by a caller with
> *center* channel number. However when decoding chanspec the same field
> is filled with a *control* channel number.
>
> 1) This can be confusing. It's expected for information to be the same
> after encoding and decoding.
> 2) It doesn't allow accessing all info when decoding. Some functions may
> need to know both channel numbers, e.g. cfg80211 callback getting
> current channel.
> Solve this by adding a separated field for control channel.
>
> Signed-off-by: RafaÅ MiÅecki <zajec5@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, 2 patches applied to wireless-drivers-next.git:

4712d88a5732 brcmutil: add field storing control channel to the struct brcmu_chan
ee6e7aa38394 brcmfmac: support get_channel cfg80211 callback

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