Re: [Ieee80211-devel] [PATCH] Add Hiperlan2 channels

[Pedro R. <ram...@se...>]

James Ketrenos wrote:
> Ivo van Doorn wrote:
> 
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>This patch will add support for the Hiperlan2 channels which are available for 
>>Europe.
>> 
>>
> 
> As a result of the variances across geographies and various
> manufacturers hardware cards, and the channels they support and have
> tested against, we're moving the channel maps out of the ieee80211_geo
> code and back into the drivers.  Otherwise we'll end up with a mismatch
> of what the ieee80211_geo code thinks is supported vs. what may actually
> be supported by the cards.
> 
> The ieee80211_geo code will provide some helper functions for verifying
> channels, etc. but the actual channel maps will need to come from the
> drivers themselves.
> 
> I'll be putting up some updated code in GIT tomorrow that does this.
> 
> James

I think it would be nice to maintain some default tables in ieee80211 so
that drivers that use the most "standard" tables, need not define them.
I expect that there are some "standard" tables (USA/EU/Japan) plus
"maximum" (all channels possible) and "minimum" (channels common to all
regions/countries) tables. So it should probably be good to have some
sanitized standard tables and then allow a driver to choose to use those
or provide their own. It would also be nice to have the tables named so
that in the future a user can get the name of the table it is using some
 API or application and know which set of channels a card supports ex:
"USA", "EU", "Japan", "USA+12", etc.. Just a thought =:-)

-- 
Pedro Ramalhais