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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] mac80211: Add nl80211 antenna configuration
From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
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On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 11:14 -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:

> > Allow setting TX and RX antenna configuration via nl80211/cfg80211.
> 
> I think we should call this TX / RX chainmask given that with 802.11n
> hardware this is what this is called.

Well, but even with 11n hw you might be able to select _antennas_ rather
than chains. I'm convinced we'll need to differentiate that very
closely, and 11g hw has only antenna, not chain, selection.

johannes