From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from he.sipsolutions.net ([78.46.109.217]:40242 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751000Ab2IDIQc (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Sep 2012 04:16:32 -0400 Message-ID: <1346746629.3737.4.camel@jlt4.sipsolutions.net> (sfid-20120904_101638_139629_F08EB784) Subject: Re: [PATCH] cfg80211: VHT (11ac) Regulatory change From: Johannes Berg To: Mahesh Palivela Cc: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , "linville@tuxdriver.com" Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2012 10:17:09 +0200 In-Reply-To: <503D9569.9080206@posedge.com> References: <502E85D9.5050301@posedge.com> <1345480718.4459.37.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> <87d32k7kga.fsf@purkki.adurom.net> <20120821081839.GA2380@redhat.com> <50338E84.3050709@posedge.com> <1345564421.10280.9.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> <5033CE76.6040306@posedge.com> <1345619008.4635.3.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> <20120822090104.GA4959@redhat.com> <1345626282.4635.8.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> <20120822101252.GA6082@redhat.com> <50376671.7080007@posedge.com> <1345809927.6991.0.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> <50377CD9.3090204@posedge.com> <1345970386.3622.5.camel@jlt4.sipsolutions.net> <503D9569.9080206@posedge.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, 2012-08-29 at 09:37 +0530, Mahesh Palivela wrote: > To keep the backward compatibility, how about we still keep channel > type. New enum value "NL80211_CHAN_VHT" tells us to look at the new > channel_config structure. That way not every driver out there have to > change to use the new channel config structure. Let me know. I think we should change drivers. Yes, this is possible, but overall it'll just result in a mess, don't you think? johannes