From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
To: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.12] mac80211: fix a tx power handling regression
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 11:43:28 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <524947C0.7060607@openwrt.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1380532158.14467.3.camel@jlt4.sipsolutions.net>
On 2013-09-30 11:09 AM, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Sun, 2013-09-29 at 14:48 +0200, Felix Fietkau wrote:
>> commit 1ea6f9c0d48b11b6ec3ec4b5579ec74fc3951cf8
>> "mac80211: handle TX power per virtual interface"
>>
>> This commit added support for tracking tx power configuration for
>> multiple interfaces, however instead of using the maximum value of all
>> virtual interfaces, it uses the minimum.
>
> I'm not sure it should be using the maximum? What if the AP required
> lowering TX power by way of TPC for example?
Shouldn't that only affect the virtual interface that is connected to
that AP?
If there's a regulatory requirement to use lower tx power, it should be
tracked as a limit somewhere else instead of implicitly being handled
via vif tx power configuration.
- Felix
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-09-30 9:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-09-29 12:48 [PATCH 3.12] mac80211: fix a tx power handling regression Felix Fietkau
2013-09-30 9:09 ` Johannes Berg
2013-09-30 9:43 ` Felix Fietkau [this message]
2013-09-30 10:38 ` Johannes Berg
2013-09-30 10:51 ` Felix Fietkau
2013-10-01 12:32 ` Johannes Berg
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