From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mms3.broadcom.com ([216.31.210.19]:3636 "EHLO mms3.broadcom.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753249Ab2FMO1n (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Jun 2012 10:27:43 -0400 Message-ID: <4FD8A351.30008@broadcom.com> (sfid-20120613_162746_924978_944B545C) Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 16:27:29 +0200 From: "Arend van Spriel" MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Seth Forshee" cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, "Brett Rudley" , "Roland Vossen" , "Franky (Zhenhui) Lin" , "Kan Yan" , "Pieter-Paul Giesberts" , "John W. Linville" Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 7/9] brcm80211: smac: use mac80211 channel data for tx power limits References: <1338906849-26135-1-git-send-email-seth.forshee@canonical.com> <1338906849-26135-8-git-send-email-seth.forshee@canonical.com> <4FD85FE3.3090604@broadcom.com> <20120613134651.GB3490@thinkpad-t410> In-Reply-To: <20120613134651.GB3490@thinkpad-t410> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 06/13/2012 03:46 PM, Seth Forshee wrote: > On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 11:39:47AM +0200, Arend van Spriel wrote: >> On 06/05/2012 04:34 PM, Seth Forshee wrote: >>> Currently the limits from the internal X2 domain are used, regardless >>> of what regulatory rules are in effect. Instead use the power limits set >>> by the higher-level regulatory support. >>> >>> The rules for the MIMO power limits are still always derived from the >>> world domain. Guidance from Broadcom is needed on how these limits >>> should be determined for other regulatory domains. >> >> Have not got definite answer yet. Luis indicated that Qualcomm/Atheros >> had similar construct, but that is was not really needed and could be >> derived. I will have to follow up on it in a separate patch. > > Thanks, that confirms my understanding of the state of things from > previous discussion. > > Would you like me to modify that statement in some way? Or was your > comment purely informational? Reading it again, I probably will at least > add a comment to indicate that the state of things is workable for now > and will be improved later. > My comment was informational, but feel free to add a comment. Gr. AvS