Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] cfg80211: Add nl80211 antenna configuration

[Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>]

On Tue, 2010-06-08 at 10:10 +0900, Bruno Randolf wrote:

> i don't particularly care about where the antenna information is printed 
> exactly, so anything will be fine with me.
> 
> but when i look at the wiphy info, it shows mostly capability information, 
> like the list of supported frequencies, list of bitrates, supported interface 
> modes, supported commands. the only exception is coverage class, which is the 
> only runtime configuration as far as i can see. therefore i thought it doesnt 
> fit there well.
> 
> maybe another command for getting runtime configuration like channel(s), fixed 
> bitrates, essid, bssid, RTS/CTS, fraqmentation, txpower, power management, 
> antenna settings, etc... would make sense? allthough in this list antenna is 
> probably the only one which is per phy and not per interface...

Right so there isn't much runtime stuff in the list now. I don't see
anything inherently bad in adding more though, since userspace can
selectively look at the attributes, and it's not like it's a huge amount
of data?

johannes