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SubjectRe: wireless: recap of current issues (configuration)
Stuffed Crust wrote:
> The hardware knows what frequencies it supports. Unfortunately this has
> to be a somewhat dynamic thing, as this is often not queryable until the
> device firmware is up and running.
>
> This can be accomplished by passing a static table to the
> register_wiphy_device() call (or perhaps via a struct wiphy_dev
> parameter) or through a more explicit, dynamic interface like:
>
> wiphy_register_supported_frequency(hw, 2412).


For completely programmable hardware, the stack should interact with a
module like ieee80211_geo, to help ensure the hardware stays within
legal limits.

Jeff


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