Re: [RFC] mac80211: Add radiotap channel flag option for 6GHz band

[Aloka Dixit <alokad@codeaurora.org>]

On 2020-09-11 23:16, Kalle Valo wrote:
> Aloka Dixit <alokad@codeaurora.org> writes:
> 
>> On 2020-09-11 13:39, Johannes Berg wrote:
>>> On Fri, 2020-09-11 at 20:39 +0000, Aloka Dixit wrote:
>>>> Radiotap header needs a new channel flag for 6GHz packets.
>>>> This change uses value 0x200 for new enum balue for 6GHz which was
>>>> previously used for passsive scan flag but has since been removed.
>>> 
>>> You can't just add to radiotap in a kernel patch ...
>>> 
>>> But also, just today I replied elsewhere saying that we don't really
>>> need a flag at all?
>>> 
>>> johannes
>> 
>> Somehow your reply to other patch didn't show up on the patchwork,
>> don't know why :-)
> 
> Oh, this is making me worry. I do see Johannes' reply on the list:
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/1cc7242cd00cd5141a56f17a7f5c80700485aa39.camel@sipsolutions.net/
> 
> But like you said, there's still nothing on the patchwork (even after 
> 23h):
> 
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11769643/
> 
> I hope this is just a temporary glitch, but if this happens again 
> please
> do let me know about any patchwork problems. It will create major
> problems for us if patchwork starts losing mail.

This is still happening, even your reply did not show up on the RFC 
patch here:
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11771491/