RE: [PATCH] mwifiex: remove set_channel cfg80211 hook

[Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>]

On Fri, 2012-05-11 at 20:26 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-05-11 at 11:21 -0700, Bing Zhao wrote:
> > Hi Johannes,
> > 
> > > From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
> > > 
> > > Since mwifiex only supports managed and IBSS
> > > modes, it doesn't need a set_channel call. The
> > > callback might be called, but it won't matter
> > > as nothing can use the channel.
> > 
> > We still need this set_channel hander for station IBSS mode.
> > User may want to use "iw mlan0 set channel 11" command to configure the channel before starting an IBSS network.
> 
> That doesn't make sense though, since you should give the channel to
> join the IBSS?
> 
> iw mlan0 ibss join <SSID> 2462
> 
> So maybe mwifiex_cfg80211_join_ibss() should use the channel it gets
> instead.

Never mind, it already does. And thereby overrides anything you did with
"iw mlan0 set channel 11".

johannes