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From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: Sandesh Goel <sgoel@marvell.com>
Cc: David Lamparter <lists@diac24.net>,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: phy mode, channel -> freq mapping (was RE: more nl80211/iw  tool code comments)
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:01:48 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1182164508.5924.19.camel@johannes.berg> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <285925A4DF50FC408669C6302216838D024899@sc-exch02.marvell.com>

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Hi,

> I think it is cleaner to define a parameter called BAND which can take
> values 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz and so on. Then, the combination of BAND and
> CHANNEL will uniquely define the operating frequency.

<phymode stuff snipped>

> I wasn't sure if this has already been thought about. I look forward to
> being educated if I am missing something.

Good point. I hadn't really considered this but a/g or n cards really
make it necessary to distinguish here, and regulatory stuff would also
benefit from defining it that way.

johannes

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  reply	other threads:[~2007-06-18 11:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-06-13 18:23 more nl80211/iw tool code comments Johannes Berg
2007-06-14 14:29 ` David Lamparter
2007-06-16 12:17   ` Johannes Berg
2007-06-18  9:42   ` phy mode, channel -> freq mapping (was RE: more nl80211/iw tool code comments) Sandesh Goel
2007-06-18 11:01     ` Johannes Berg [this message]
2007-06-18 12:25       ` Tomas Winkler
2007-06-19  4:50         ` Sandesh Goel
2007-06-19  8:59     ` Jiri Benc

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