Re: [PATCH] cfg80211: fix channel to frequency mapping in 5.9GHz range

[Dennis H Jensen <dennis.h.jensen@siemens.com>]

On Mon, 2013-10-14 at 17:06 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Mon, 2013-10-14 at 16:58 +0200, Dennis H Jensen wrote:
> 
> > > > The commit 59eb21a6504731fc16db4cf9463065dd61093e08 moved those channels
> > > > to 4.9 GHz but left a hole in the 5.9 Ghz range.
> > > 
> > > But there was no +/- 15 before, so what gives?
> > 
> > Well no :) but there also wasn't a special case for that particular
> > channel set (182 - 196).
> 
> Yes, but then before 5910 would have been channel 182. Now you're making
> it channel 197. That doesn't really make sense at all.

OK, fair enough, but the fact is that there is a hole in the frequencies
that were added in 802.11p.

> > In case that doesn't do it. What is needed to get channel 182 to be 5910
> > MHz as Annex E defines for the US and Europe? Channel to frequency
> > mapping based on operating class?
> 
> Annex E is the 802.11 spec, to get something into that ...

You misunderstood me; the European operating class 14, for example,
states that channel 182 is to be 5910.

Best regards,
Dennis