From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from hmm.wantstofly.org ([148.251.232.15]:47003 "EHLO mail.wantstofly.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752184AbbFBJex (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Jun 2015 05:34:53 -0400 Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2015 12:34:51 +0300 From: Lennert Buytenhek Subject: Re: [PATCH wpan-tools] info: add frequency to channel listing for phy capabilities Message-ID: <20150602093451.GF1897@wantstofly.org> References: <20150601133534.GA14012@probook-6560b> <556D2CB8.4070101@gmail.com> <20150602060838.GA2744@probook-6560b> <20150602070926.GB1977@omega> <20150602073827.GA3273@probook-6560b> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20150602073827.GA3273@probook-6560b> Sender: linux-wpan-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Christoffer Holmstedt Cc: Alexander Aring , Varka Bhadram , linux-wpan@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jun 02, 2015 at 09:38:27AM +0200, Christoffer Holmstedt wrote: > > > This is for the same reason as above. Alignment in the output, it is a trade > > > off between "readability" in two different ways. Alignment in the output or > > > printing the full word "Unknown". I will change this to "Unknown" and we can > > > change it at a later date if it ever shows up and mess up alignment. In any > > > case if "Unknown" shows up the actual frequency should be added instead of > > > fixing alignment. ;) > > > > > > > Then maybe some "-" instead "unkown", is this better, or it's too small > > then? > > > > The more I think about it the more I feel "Unknown" is better. If for some > reason the channel page and channel combination is not listed and "Unknown" is > printed the last thing the user will care about is alignment in the output. > > Channel page and channel number information will not change that often > so we should be able to keep up with future changes (additions). I have > tried to get hold of the 802.15.4-2015 draft from March/April but > without success. The local university will charge me ~350€ or something > in that region for it. I wanted it to see if any new channel > pages/channels have been added since -2011 edition. There are some amendments already available for download that document new channel pages: 802.15.4f-2012.pdf: channel pages 7, 8 802.15.4g-2012.pdf: channel pages 9, 10 802.15.4j-2013.pdf: channel page 11 802.15.4k-2013.pdf: channel page 12 802.15.4p-2014.pdf: channel page 13