Re: [PATCH 2/2] cfg80211: Use 5MHz bandwidth by default when checking usable channels

[Johannes Berg]

On Mon, 2014-06-23 at 12:04 +0200, Felix Fietkau wrote:
> On 2014-06-23 11:08, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > On Sun, 2014-06-22 at 13:41 +0200, Felix Fietkau wrote:
> >> On 2014-04-15 14:37, Rostislav Lisovy wrote:
> >> > Current code checks if the 20MHz bandwidth is allowed for
> >> > particular channel -- if it is not, the channel is disabled.
> >> > Since we need to use 5/10 MHz channels, this code is modified in
> >> > the way that the default bandwidth to check is 5MHz. If the
> >> > maximum bandwidth allowed by the channel is smaller than 5MHz,
> >> > the channel is disabled. Otherwise the channel is used and the
> >> > flags are set according to the bandwidth allowed by the channel.
> >> > 
> >> > Signed-off-by: Rostislav Lisovy <rostislav.lisovy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> >> This change causes a regression and needs to be reverted or fixed.
> > 
> > Noted, I've reverted it in mac80211.git.
> > 
> >> It leaves Channel 12 enabled for US regdomain and does not prevent
> >> bringing up AP mode on it (IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_20MHZ does not get set).
> > 
> > I'm not sure this makes sense - CHAN_NO_20MHZ shouldn't get set on that
> > channel? It should be disabled for other reasons for AP mode - e.g.
> > NO_IR.
> I was thinking it could be valid in AP mode for 5 MHz operation.

Huh, ok, maybe. I guess Rostislav can look into the details :)

johannes

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