From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail.atheros.com ([12.19.149.2]:23723 "EHLO mail.atheros.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751649Ab1AES3K (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Jan 2011 13:29:10 -0500 Received: from mail.atheros.com ([10.10.20.108]) by sidewinder.atheros.com for ; Wed, 05 Jan 2011 10:28:41 -0800 Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 10:28:38 -0800 From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" To: "John W. Linville" CC: Luis Rodriguez , Kathy Giori , Amod Bodas , David Quan , Michael Green , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] wireless: DFS region support Message-ID: <20110105182838.GC10391@tux> References: <1292864555-28661-1-git-send-email-lrodriguez@atheros.com> <20110104184928.GA13239@tuxdriver.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" In-Reply-To: <20110104184928.GA13239@tuxdriver.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Jan 04, 2011 at 10:49:28AM -0800, John W. Linville wrote: > On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 12:02:26PM -0500, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > > This series has a list of changes to kernel and userspace to start addressing > > DFS region support. I've cheated and figured out a way to alter the current > > regulatory database in such a way that it remains backwards compatible with > > older databases so that no new CRDAs are required and we don't have to provide > > two releases for old kernels and newer kernels for wireless-regdb updates. > > > > In the end we end up passing the DFS region to the drivers. In terms of our DFS > > development roadmap this covers parts I and II as promissed that I would take care > > of by tomorrow, and leaves open now the chance for developers to start working > > on part III: "Where do we stuff DFS parameters for each region": > > > > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/DFS > > > > In tomorrow's meeting we can cover who is going to work on part III. People who > > want to work on part III can start using these patches on their systems. > > > > John, lets wait to merge these until Wednesday, I post these in patch form as I > > think they are ready but tomorrow's discussions may push us to alter this a > > bit, not sure. I will also review what we have done here with Michael Green so > > he is on the same page. > > Well, now there has been plenty of time to reflect...comments? :-) I'll reduce the number of bits to 8 instead of 16 for the DFS regions, I'll also try to schedule a call with Michael to finalize his review on this and then I'll respin and submit again. Luis