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From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com>
Cc: linville@tuxdriver.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
	janusz.dziedzic@tieto.com, smihir@qti.qualcomm.com,
	tushnimb@qca.qualcomm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/14] cfg80211: consolidate passive-scan and no-ibss flags
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 15:42:24 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1382971344.17956.27.camel@jlt4.sipsolutions.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1382376158-25586-2-git-send-email-mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> (sfid-20131021_192245_289775_8181E11B)


> --- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
> @@ -2206,10 +2206,9 @@ enum nl80211_band_attr {
>   * @NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_FREQ: Frequency in MHz
>   * @NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_DISABLED: Channel is disabled in current
>   *	regulatory domain.
> - * @NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_PASSIVE_SCAN: Only passive scanning is
> - *	permitted on this channel in current regulatory domain.
> - * @NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_NO_IBSS: IBSS networks are not permitted
> - *	on this channel in current regulatory domain.
> + * @NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_NO_IR: no mechanisms that initiate radiation
> + * 	are permitted on this channel, this includes sending probe
> + * 	requests, or modes of operation that require beaconing.
>   * @NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_RADAR: Radar detection is mandatory
>   *	on this channel in current regulatory domain.
>   * @NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_MAX_TX_POWER: Maximum transmission power in mBm
> @@ -2236,8 +2235,8 @@ enum nl80211_frequency_attr {
>  	__NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_INVALID,
>  	NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_FREQ,
>  	NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_DISABLED,
> -	NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_PASSIVE_SCAN,
> -	NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_NO_IBSS,
> +	NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_NO_IR,
> +	__NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_NO_IBSS,
>  	NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_RADAR,
>  	NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_MAX_TX_POWER,
>  	NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_DFS_STATE,

I don't think you can make this change, it breaks API and ABI because
the old IBSS flag is now ignored on input from old CRDA?

johannes


  reply	other threads:[~2013-10-28 14:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-10-21 17:22 [PATCH 00/14] wlan: consolidate passive-scan and no-ibss flags Luis R. Rodriguez
2013-10-21 17:22 ` [PATCH 01/14] cfg80211: " Luis R. Rodriguez
2013-10-28 14:42   ` Johannes Berg [this message]
2013-10-28 14:49     ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2013-10-21 17:22 ` [PATCH 02/14] ath: consolidate no-ibss and passive scan to no-ir Luis R. Rodriguez
2013-10-21 17:22 ` [PATCH 03/14] ath10k: " Luis R. Rodriguez
2013-10-21 17:22 ` [PATCH 04/14] brcm80211: " Luis R. Rodriguez
2013-10-21 17:22 ` [PATCH 05/14] ipw2x00: " Luis R. Rodriguez
2013-10-21 17:22 ` [PATCH 06/14] mac80211_hwsim: " Luis R. Rodriguez
2013-10-21 17:22 ` [PATCH 07/14] mwifiex: " Luis R. Rodriguez
2013-10-22 22:21   ` Bing Zhao
2013-10-21 17:22 ` [PATCH 08/14] iwlegacy: " Luis R. Rodriguez
2013-10-21 17:22 ` [PATCH 09/14] rtlwifi: " Luis R. Rodriguez
2013-10-21 17:22 ` [PATCH 10/14] mac80211: " Luis R. Rodriguez
2013-10-21 17:22 ` [PATCH 11/14] ti: " Luis R. Rodriguez
2013-10-21 17:22 ` [PATCH 12/14] cw1200: " Luis R. Rodriguez
2013-10-21 17:22 ` [PATCH 13/14] iwlwifi: " Luis R. Rodriguez
2013-10-21 17:22 ` [PATCH 14/14] cfg80211: remove internal passive-scan and no-ibss guards Luis R. Rodriguez
2013-10-31 16:34 ` [PATCH 00/14] wlan: consolidate passive-scan and no-ibss flags Johannes Berg
2013-10-31 16:42   ` Luis R. Rodriguez

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