From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 17 17:04:34 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1118016A41F for ; Sat, 17 Sep 2005 17:04:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from ebb.errno.com (ebb.errno.com [66.127.85.87]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0C9E43D46 for ; Sat, 17 Sep 2005 17:04:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from [10.0.0.200] ([10.0.0.200]) (authenticated bits=0) by ebb.errno.com (8.12.9/8.12.6) with ESMTP id j8HH4V6j068234 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 17 Sep 2005 10:04:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Message-ID: <432C4E49.8020600@errno.com> Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 10:11:37 -0700 From: Sam Leffler User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050327) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dandee@volny.cz References: <20050917131850.D9EE14E704@pipa.profix.cz> In-Reply-To: <20050917131850.D9EE14E704@pipa.profix.cz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DFS in atheros chipsets X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 17:04:34 -0000 Daniel Dvorak wrote: > Hi Sam, > > let me ask you directly about Dynamic Frequency System in short DFS in > atheros chipsets. As you know ETSI enforced changing in 802.11a and named as > 802.11h, main difference are TPC and DFS (mitigation techniques EN 301 893 > ). > > In atheros driver TPC there is, so it is okay, but correct me I do not see > any code about DFS. Perhaps for dfs it is needed to publish new version of > HAL, which it can work with DFS. > > DFS is the last obstacle to expand 5GHz wireless devices on market in > Europe. There will be DFS support in the next hal. No ETA; I'm taking a break from FreeBSD wireless stuff right now. Sam