From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail.atheros.com ([12.36.123.2]:10976 "EHLO mail.atheros.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751873AbZGFQcz (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Jul 2009 12:32:55 -0400 Received: from mail.atheros.com ([10.10.20.108]) by sidewinder.atheros.com for ; Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:32:59 -0700 Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 09:32:57 -0700 From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" To: xxiao , CC: "ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org" , Peter Tarjan , "mcgrof@gmail.com" , Subject: adhoc 11n support Message-ID: <20090706163257.GF5523@mosca> References: <688927.48007.qm@web55301.mail.re4.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" In-Reply-To: <688927.48007.qm@web55301.mail.re4.yahoo.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Quoting Jouni's response to me regarding 11n "adhoc" as per IEEE: mcgrof: IBSS support in 802.11n is not a specific part of the draft, i.e., one needs to go through the full draft.. for example, there are IBSS-related specification in 7.3.2.57, 9.13.3.1, 10.3.2.2.2, 11.5.1.1, 11.9.7.2, 11.14.1, 11.14.2; in addition, some AP mode requirements apply, e.g., for radar detection/DFS, but we are currently handling those by just denying IBSS on channels that could require DFS So if you get a chance please be sure to read through all that and then send patches for mac80211. Luis