From: "Arend van Spriel" <arend@broadcom.com>
To: "Johannes Berg" <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Cc: linux-wireless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Question of CSA callback
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 13:56:20 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <op.vtkgr6op3ri7v4@arend-laptop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1302177128.3779.12.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net>
On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 13:52:08 +0200, Johannes Berg
<johannes@sipsolutions.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 13:42 +0200, Arend van Spriel wrote:
>> Hi Johannes,
>>
>> Recently I have taken a look at csa switch callback. After looking more
>> closely I decided to let mac80211 handle this itself, but I noticed
>> something strange in the interface so maybe you can clarify this.
>>
>> void (*channel_switch)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
>> struct ieee80211_channel_switch *ch_switch);
>>
>> void ieee80211_chswitch_done(struct ieee80211_vif *vif, bool success);
>>
>> Basically we get a channel switch callback for iee80211_hw and for the
>> ieee80211_chswitch_done() the driver has to provide a vif. Should the
>> channel switch also operate on a vif?
>
> Ah, well, no, not right now anyway -- mac80211 doesn't support
> multi-channel operation yet.
>
> However, I think this kind of hw offload isn't necessary for your device
> at all.
Indeed I concluded we do not need this, but I just wanted to clarify the
intended use of the interface.
Gr. AvS
--
"The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the
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mind to correlate all its contents." - "The Call of Cthulhu"
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2011-04-07 11:42 Question of CSA callback Arend van Spriel
2011-04-07 11:52 ` Johannes Berg
2011-04-07 11:56 ` Arend van Spriel [this message]
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