Re: [PATCH] wl12xx: Remove 11j channels from the supported channels list.

[Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@nokia.com>]

On Mon, 2010-11-29 at 14:34 +0200, ext Gery Kahn wrote:
> On 11/29/2010 12:05 PM, juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com wrote:
> > From: Juuso Oikarinen<juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com>
> >
> > Because we don't support them at this stage.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Juuso Oikarinen<juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com>
> > ---
> >   drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c |    8 --------
> >   1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c
> > index 7fecefe..dc3a093 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c
> > @@ -2374,14 +2374,6 @@ static struct ieee80211_rate wl1271_rates_5ghz[] = {
> >
> >   /* 5 GHz band channels for WL1273 */
> >   static struct ieee80211_channel wl1271_channels_5ghz[] = {
> > -	{ .hw_value = 183, .center_freq = 4915},
> > -	{ .hw_value = 184, .center_freq = 4920},
> > -	{ .hw_value = 185, .center_freq = 4925},
> > -	{ .hw_value = 187, .center_freq = 4935},
> > -	{ .hw_value = 188, .center_freq = 4940},
> > -	{ .hw_value = 189, .center_freq = 4945},
> > -	{ .hw_value = 192, .center_freq = 4960},
> > -	{ .hw_value = 196, .center_freq = 4980},
> >   	{ .hw_value = 7, .center_freq = 5035},
> >   	{ .hw_value = 8, .center_freq = 5040},
> >   	{ .hw_value = 9, .center_freq = 5045},
> Our firmware do supports Japan channels, so why to remove them?

We experienced some problems with it (at least).  Juuso reported that
some strange things were happening, like probe_reqs were going to 2.4GHz
channels with 11a IEs when these 11j channels were scanned.

Have you actively tried to use 11j channels? Did you have any problems?

-- 
Cheers,
Luca.