Thread (23 messages) 23 messages, 3 authors, 2015-11-30

Re: [PATCH v2 6/8] cfg80211: reg: Add NL80211_RRF_USER_REGD_NEEDED flag

From: Michal Sojka <hidden>
Date: 2015-11-27 09:44:10
Also in: wireless-regdb

On Fri, Nov 27 2015, Johannes Berg wrote:
On Mon, 2015-11-23 at 19:27 +0100, Michal Sojka wrote:
quoted
The NL80211_RRF_USER_REGD_NEEDED flag introduced in this commit
allows
drivers to specify that certain band is enabled only if it is
additionally enabled in user-supplied regulatory database. If the
band
is not present there, the channels are simply disabled.
I can see why you'd want this flag internally (although it'll require
rework given the comments on the previous patch) - but is there a
reason to export it in nl80211?
I don't see any reason either. Only all regulatory rule flags
(nl80211_reg_rule_flags) happen to be "exported". Shall I add new field
(e.g. internal_flags) to struct ieee80211_reg_rule and define new enum
for it?
Then again, perhaps it *would* be good to show this information in
userspace?
What do you mean by "show"? nl80211_put_regdom() already sends regdom
flags to userspace. Or do you mean introducing a new channel attribute
and send it in nl80211_msg_put_channel()?

-Michal
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