From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:55969 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751032Ab0EJNaN (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 May 2010 09:30:13 -0400 Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 09:26:50 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Bruno Randolf Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, johannes@sipsolutions.net Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: remove deprecated noise field from ieee80211_rx_status Message-ID: <20100510132649.GB11681@tuxdriver.com> References: <1272656351-5983-1-git-send-email-linville@tuxdriver.com> <201005101015.50172.br1@einfach.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <201005101015.50172.br1@einfach.org> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 10:15:50AM +0900, Bruno Randolf wrote: > On Saturday 01 May 2010 04:39:11 John W. Linville wrote: > > Also remove associated IEEE80211_HW_NOISE_DBM from ieee80211_hw_flags. > > > > Signed-off-by: John W. Linville > sorry for the late reply: > > please, don't... this way we loose the information which drivers can report > noise values and which can't. Well, I'm afraid it's already on its way. Anyway, we can rely on the git logs to track that information, and I've got a personal TODO for implementing basic survey support for those drivers. Hth! John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.