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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath6kl: Remove old 802.11a-only channels
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On Fri, 2017-03-10 at 09:49 +0100, Rostyslav Khudolii wrote:
> Channels 34/38/42/46 can only be used for compatibility with
> old devices sold in Japan. Modern products, such as AR6003/AR6004
> don't support these channels.
> Keeping them in the upstream is error prone and requires full
> network stack support.

Seems pointless. Nothing in the network stack really cares much about
the channel numbers, so what exactly does this improve?

johannes