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From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: "Gábor Stefanik" <netrolller.3d@gmail.com>
Cc: CalimeroTeknik <calimeroteknik@free.fr>, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Wireless channel stuck to -1 on mon0 (fix patch submission)
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 22:36:12 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1292794572.8422.0.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTik5uML3gSD5aJE8CPwew8G5shp9BJgGUK608jTp@mail.gmail.com>

On Sun, 2010-12-19 at 21:58 +0100, Gábor Stefanik wrote:
> This is a known problem, that has basically been WONTFIXed a while
> ago. I highly disagree with the reasoning, but the decision ultimately
> rests on Johannes. In the meantime, check patches.aircrack-ng.org for
> a workaround.
> 
> Johannes: I know that you consider reporting the actual channel of the
> PHY to be "confusing to users" when running with multiple virtual
> PHYs, but apparently this is what most users expect. Perhaps it
> *should* be implemented after all.

In which case it should be implemented properly, not half-baked like all
the patches we've seen so far.

johannes


  reply	other threads:[~2010-12-19 21:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-12-19 11:11 Wireless channel stuck to -1 on mon0 (fix patch submission) CalimeroTeknik
2010-12-19 20:58 ` Gábor Stefanik
2010-12-19 21:36   ` Johannes Berg [this message]
2010-12-20 14:11     ` John W. Linville
2010-12-21 14:39       ` Johannes Berg

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