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Hi,

What is the idea behind channel contexts? Is it just to create an 
abstraction between the different vifs regarding the channel (each vif 
is allowed to operate on its own channel)? In case I want just a single 
vif, can I ignore the chanctx (specify that the driver does not support 
chanctx) or is this not recommended due perhaps some updates that were 
done on the chanctx code and not on the alternative branch?