From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
To: Srinivasan Raju <srini.raju@purelifi.com>
Cc: Mostafa Afgani <mostafa.afgani@purelifi.com>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
open list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"open list\:NETWORKING DRIVERS \(WIRELESS\)"
<linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
"open list\:NETWORKING DRIVERS" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [PATCH] [v15] wireless: Initial driver submission for pureLiFi STA devices
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 15:30:31 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ee9iun4o.fsf@codeaurora.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CWLP265MB3217BB5AA5F102629A3AD204E0A19@CWLP265MB3217.GBRP265.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM> (Srinivasan Raju's message of "Tue, 21 Sep 2021 09:14:46 +0000")
Srinivasan Raju <srini.raju@purelifi.com> writes:
> Thanks for reviewing the patch.
>
>>> + hw->wiphy->bands[NL80211_BAND_2GHZ] = &mac->band;
>
>> Johannes comment about piggy-backing NL80211_BAND_2GHZ is not yet addressed:
>
>> I agree with Johannes, a Li-Fi driver should not claim to be a regular
>> 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi device.
>
> Yes, I agree, As LiFi is not standardized yet we are using the
> existing wireless frameworks. For now, piggy backing with 2.4GHz is
> seamless for users. We will undertake band and other wider change once
> IEEE 802.11bb is standardized.
I don't see why the IEEE standard needs to be final before adding the
band. Much better to add a band which is in draft stage compared to
giving false information to the user space.
BTW do not use HTML mail, our lists drop those.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-09-21 12:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 124+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-09-24 15:18 [PATCH] staging: Initial driver submission for pureLiFi devices Srinivasan Raju
2020-09-24 15:36 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2020-09-24 17:24 ` Srinivasan Raju
2020-09-24 17:29 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2020-09-28 10:25 ` Srinivasan Raju
2020-09-24 15:37 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2020-09-24 18:28 ` Randy Dunlap
2020-09-28 10:27 ` Srinivasan Raju
2020-09-24 19:07 ` Dan Carpenter
2020-09-28 10:26 ` Srinivasan Raju
2020-09-28 10:19 ` [PATCH] [v2] wireless: " Srinivasan Raju
2020-09-28 12:07 ` Joe Perches
2020-09-28 12:53 ` Srinivasan Raju
2020-09-30 5:16 ` Leon Romanovsky
2020-09-30 5:29 ` Srinivasan Raju
2020-09-30 8:01 ` Kalle Valo
2020-09-30 9:55 ` Leon Romanovsky
2020-09-30 10:11 ` Johannes Berg
2020-09-30 10:44 ` Leon Romanovsky
2020-10-16 8:23 ` Kalle Valo
2020-09-30 8:05 ` Kalle Valo
2020-09-30 10:04 ` Leon Romanovsky
2020-10-14 6:19 ` [PATCH] [PATCH] [v3] wireless: Initial driver submission for pureLiFi STA devices Srinivasan Raju
2020-10-14 10:17 ` kernel test robot
2020-10-14 10:17 ` kernel test robot
2020-10-15 22:35 ` Joe Perches
2020-10-16 6:36 ` Srinivasan Raju
2020-10-16 6:34 ` [PATCH] [v4] " Srinivasan Raju
2020-10-16 8:58 ` Joe Perches
2020-10-16 10:13 ` Srinivasan Raju
2020-10-19 3:17 ` [PATCH] [v5] " Srinivasan Raju
2020-10-19 4:55 ` Joe Perches
2020-10-19 6:05 ` Srinivasan Raju
2020-10-19 8:38 ` [PATCH] [v6] " Srinivasan Raju
2020-10-19 16:07 ` Krishna Chaitanya
2020-10-19 16:40 ` Srinivasan Raju
2020-10-19 16:54 ` Joe Perches
2020-10-19 17:05 ` Srinivasan Raju
2020-11-16 9:22 ` [PATCH] [v7] " Srinivasan Raju
2020-11-16 20:45 ` Joe Perches
2020-11-18 3:24 ` Srinivasan Raju
2020-11-24 14:44 ` Kalle Valo
[not found] ` <20201124144448.4E95EC43460@smtp.codeaurora.org>
2020-11-26 5:01 ` Srinivasan Raju
2020-12-03 4:43 ` Srinivasan Raju
2020-12-03 15:58 ` Kalle Valo
2020-12-03 16:50 ` Srinivasan Raju
2020-12-19 13:15 ` Kalle Valo
2020-12-03 4:38 ` [PATCH] [v8] " Srinivasan Raju
2020-12-03 5:09 ` [PATCH] [v9] " Srinivasan Raju
2020-12-03 7:53 ` Joe Perches
2020-12-08 5:53 ` [PATCH] [v10] " Srinivasan Raju
2020-12-08 11:57 ` [PATCH] [v11] " Srinivasan Raju
2020-12-08 14:37 ` Kalle Valo
2020-12-19 12:51 ` Kalle Valo
2020-12-19 13:06 ` Kalle Valo
2020-12-19 13:14 ` Kalle Valo
2020-12-21 5:52 ` Srinivasan Raju
2020-12-21 5:57 ` Kalle Valo
2021-01-15 12:13 ` Srinivasan Raju
2021-01-05 13:19 ` [PATCH] [PATCH] [v12] " Srinivasan Raju
2021-02-12 11:49 ` [PATCH] [v13] " Srinivasan Raju
2021-02-12 13:44 ` Johannes Berg
2021-02-17 10:05 ` Kalle Valo
2021-02-19 5:15 ` Srinivasan Raju
2021-02-19 8:25 ` Johannes Berg
2021-02-24 10:41 ` Srinivasan Raju
2021-02-12 15:06 ` kernel test robot
2021-02-12 15:06 ` kernel test robot
2021-02-12 17:57 ` kernel test robot
2021-02-12 17:57 ` kernel test robot
2021-02-17 10:02 ` Kalle Valo
2021-02-17 10:13 ` Kalle Valo
2021-02-17 10:16 ` Srinivasan Raju
2021-02-17 10:09 ` Kalle Valo
2021-02-17 10:19 ` Kalle Valo
2021-02-24 10:44 ` Srinivasan Raju
2021-02-26 13:07 ` [PATCH] [v14] " Srinivasan Raju
2021-04-19 11:52 ` Srinivasan Raju
2021-08-10 13:02 ` Srinivasan Raju
2021-08-21 13:42 ` Kalle Valo
2021-08-18 14:13 ` [PATCH] [v15] " Srinivasan Raju
2021-09-20 13:05 ` Kalle Valo
[not found] ` <CWLP265MB3217BB5AA5F102629A3AD204E0A19@CWLP265MB3217.GBRP265.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>
2021-09-21 12:30 ` Kalle Valo [this message]
2021-09-22 7:33 ` [EXTERNAL] " Johannes Berg
2021-09-24 13:27 ` [EXTERNAL] " Srinivasan Raju
2021-09-20 14:11 ` Kalle Valo
2021-09-24 11:11 ` Kalle Valo
2021-09-24 13:26 ` [PATCH] [v16] wireless: Initial driver submission for pureLiFi LiFi Station Srinivasan Raju
2021-09-24 13:40 ` Kalle Valo
2021-10-05 11:22 ` [PATCH] [v17] wireless: Initial driver submission for pureLiFi STA devices Srinivasan Raju
2021-10-05 11:26 ` Johannes Berg
2021-10-05 12:30 ` [PATCH] [v18 1/2] nl80211: Add LC placeholder band definition to enum nl80211_band Srinivasan Raju
2021-10-05 12:31 ` [PATCH] [v18 2/2] wireless: Initial driver submission for pureLiFi STA devices Srinivasan Raju
2021-10-05 22:09 ` Jeff Johnson
2021-10-06 10:04 ` [PATCH] [v19 " Srinivasan Raju
2021-10-11 6:16 ` Kalle Valo
2021-10-12 12:50 ` [PATCH 0/2] wireless: New Driver " Srinivasan Raju
2021-10-12 12:50 ` [PATCH 1/2] [v19 1/2] nl80211: Add LC placeholder band definition to enum nl80211_band Srinivasan Raju
2021-10-12 12:50 ` [PATCH 2/2] [v19 2/2] wireless: Initial driver submission for pureLiFi STA devices Srinivasan Raju
2021-10-14 6:03 ` kernel test robot
2021-10-14 6:03 ` kernel test robot
2021-10-24 17:58 ` kernel test robot
2021-10-24 17:58 ` kernel test robot
2021-10-18 10:00 ` [PATCH v20 0/2] wireless: New Driver " Srinivasan Raju
2021-10-18 10:00 ` [PATCH v20 1/2] nl80211: Add LC placeholder band definition to nl80211_band Srinivasan Raju
2021-10-18 10:00 ` [PATCH v20 2/2] wireless: Initial driver submission for pureLiFi STA devices Srinivasan Raju
2021-10-25 9:59 ` Kari Argillander
[not found] ` <CWLP265MB321780AB502EF147F6AAF197E0839@CWLP265MB3217.GBRP265.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>
2021-10-25 12:17 ` [EXTERNAL] " Kalle Valo
2021-10-27 11:34 ` kernel test robot
2021-10-27 11:34 ` kernel test robot
2021-10-27 12:38 ` Kari Argillander
2021-10-28 7:24 ` Kalle Valo
2021-10-31 13:10 ` [PATCH v21 0/2] wireless: New Driver " Srinivasan Raju
2021-10-31 13:10 ` [PATCH 1/2] nl80211: Add LC placeholder band definition to nl80211_band Srinivasan Raju
2021-10-31 13:10 ` [PATCH 2/2] wireless: Initial driver submission for pureLiFi STA devices Srinivasan Raju
2021-12-20 19:13 ` Kalle Valo
2022-02-24 15:35 ` Kalle Valo
2022-02-24 18:20 ` [PATCH v22 0/2] wireless: New Driver " Srinivasan Raju
2022-02-24 18:20 ` [PATCH v22 1/2] nl80211: Add LC placeholder band definition to nl80211_band Srinivasan Raju
2022-02-25 9:52 ` Kalle Valo
2022-02-24 18:20 ` [PATCH v22 1/2] wireless: Initial driver submission for pureLiFi STA devices Srinivasan Raju
2022-04-25 13:06 ` Kalle Valo
[not found] ` <CWLP265MB32173F6188304F6B2CB90C79E0F89@CWLP265MB3217.GBRP265.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>
2022-04-26 4:17 ` [EXTERNAL] " Kalle Valo
2022-04-27 4:55 ` Kalle Valo
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