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From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
To: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
Cc: Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@gmail.com>,
	linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, ath9k-devel@qca.qualcomm.com,
	ath10k@lists.infradead.org, Steve deRosier <derosier@gmail.com>,
	Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>,
	Mathias Kretschmer <mathias.kretschmer@fit.fraunhofer.de>
Subject: Re: [v2,1/3] ath9k: Support channels in licensed bands
Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 14:38:58 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87efvvvd0t.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1863250.VEhGCjvYY0@prime> (Simon Wunderlich's message of "Tue, 09 May 2017 14:57:32 +0200")

Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de> writes:

> it seems like there was some discussion here and I wouldn't expect too many 
> more opinions ... do you think we can have a decision based on what has been 
> discussed here?

Well, there was an excellent reply from Steve and quite a few "in my
opinion this is safe" type of answers. [1] But bluntly said it does not
really matter what we (the engineers) think. What really matters here
are regulatory authorities' opinions and rulings. In that respect here
are few items I want to point out:

o I suspect that from someone's, who is not familiar with software
  engineering, point of view there is still quite a diffference from
  modifiying source code or just enabling few options from Kconfig with
  a custom regdb rule.

o I don't know about other countries, but in Finland applying for any
  type of license (even if just to a license to drive a moped) needs
  both time and money. So there is significant effort anyway needed to
  legally use this band. And how many users there really are is unclear.

o Also this is not about enabling or disabling channel 13, but about a
  public _safety_ band which makes me very uneasy.

So the way I see this is that the risks outweigh the benefits and that's
why I do not want to take these. Sorry.

[1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9641105/

-- 
Kalle Valo

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2017-05-11 11:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-03-23 13:30 [PATCH v2 0/3] Channels in licensed bands, noise floor override Simon Wunderlich
2017-03-23 13:30 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] ath9k: Support channels in licensed bands Simon Wunderlich
2017-04-18 14:36   ` [v2,1/3] " Kalle Valo
     [not found]   ` <20170418143654.8AC0A60FAA@smtp.codeaurora.org>
2017-04-18 14:50     ` Simon Wunderlich
2017-04-18 16:38       ` Steve deRosier
     [not found]       ` <CALLGbRK2d1wZpfLnXu_UDWxVPA9LvejFyEFpzMub56uLH0+DTw@mail.gmail.com>
2017-04-18 17:09         ` Ben Greear
2017-04-21 11:29           ` Simon Wunderlich
2017-04-21 12:40             ` Mathias Kretschmer
2017-05-09 12:57               ` Simon Wunderlich
2017-05-09 17:50                 ` Adrian Chadd
     [not found]                   ` <CAKR_QV+0cPXbiScO3cS52R97o=wGh4+zgmqaRM7QbotmEJD51Q@mail.gmail.com>
2017-05-10 16:17                     ` Ben Greear
2017-05-11 11:38                 ` Kalle Valo [this message]
2017-05-12 14:12                   ` Ben Greear
2017-05-12 19:21                     ` Steve deRosier
2017-05-12 19:44                       ` Ben Greear
2017-05-13 12:12                       ` Arend Van Spriel
2017-03-23 13:30 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] ath10k: add support for " Simon Wunderlich
2017-03-23 13:30 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] ath9k: add noise floor override option Simon Wunderlich
2017-04-19 14:08   ` [v2,3/3] " Kalle Valo

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