From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.7 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41C83C433F5 for ; Tue, 21 Sep 2021 12:31:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F2E461166 for ; Tue, 21 Sep 2021 12:31:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S232714AbhIUMcs (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Sep 2021 08:32:48 -0400 Received: from m43-7.mailgun.net ([69.72.43.7]:49443 "EHLO m43-7.mailgun.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S232542AbhIUMcq (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Sep 2021 08:32:46 -0400 DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha256; v=1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mg.codeaurora.org; q=dns/txt; s=smtp; t=1632227478; h=Content-Type: MIME-Version: Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Date: References: Subject: Cc: To: From: Sender; bh=EvHed1ChX9m4yVKaphMHzv0lmYykdQIwXZ2pn9R/wGo=; b=fHwTInl4UNQvocwno+/Ht58C0wY5wCyBTdl8eUC7XRXip2/7zJfs6SIzBc+6j/HytuG2Pnh1 cJNMBQtMWVTiBOYCrNEksbc90+PUmhwE++6Jb9YkS9qze4sQFonoLDwFQBb8k03wIZwNhIPO cv2SeR+Gl6W5pp8Empawx1MgCtU= X-Mailgun-Sending-Ip: 69.72.43.7 X-Mailgun-Sid: WyI0MWYwYSIsICJsaW51eC1rZXJuZWxAdmdlci5rZXJuZWwub3JnIiwgImJlOWU0YSJd Received: from smtp.codeaurora.org (ec2-35-166-182-171.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com [35.166.182.171]) by smtp-out-n04.prod.us-west-2.postgun.com with SMTP id 6149d06ce0f78151d660d971 (version=TLS1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256); Tue, 21 Sep 2021 12:30:36 GMT Sender: kvalo=codeaurora.org@mg.codeaurora.org Received: by smtp.codeaurora.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 5F690C4360D; Tue, 21 Sep 2021 12:30:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from tykki (tynnyri.adurom.net [51.15.11.48]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: kvalo) by smtp.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0ED48C4338F; Tue, 21 Sep 2021 12:30:33 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 smtp.codeaurora.org 0ED48C4338F Authentication-Results: aws-us-west-2-caf-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=codeaurora.org Authentication-Results: aws-us-west-2-caf-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org; spf=fail smtp.mailfrom=codeaurora.org From: Kalle Valo To: Srinivasan Raju Cc: Mostafa Afgani , "David S. Miller" , Jakub Kicinski , open list , "open list\:NETWORKING DRIVERS \(WIRELESS\)" , "open list\:NETWORKING DRIVERS" Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [PATCH] [v15] wireless: Initial driver submission for pureLiFi STA devices References: <20210226130810.119216-1-srini.raju@purelifi.com> <20210818141343.7833-1-srini.raju@purelifi.com> <87o88nwg74.fsf@codeaurora.org> Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 15:30:31 +0300 In-Reply-To: (Srinivasan Raju's message of "Tue, 21 Sep 2021 09:14:46 +0000") Message-ID: <87ee9iun4o.fsf@codeaurora.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Srinivasan Raju writes: > Thanks for reviewing the patch. > >>> + hw->wiphy->bands[NL80211_BAND_2GHZ] = &mac->band; > >> Johannes comment about piggy-backing NL80211_BAND_2GHZ is not yet addressed: > >> I agree with Johannes, a Li-Fi driver should not claim to be a regular >> 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi device. > > Yes, I agree, As LiFi is not standardized yet we are using the > existing wireless frameworks. For now, piggy backing with 2.4GHz is > seamless for users. We will undertake band and other wider change once > IEEE 802.11bb is standardized. I don't see why the IEEE standard needs to be final before adding the band. Much better to add a band which is in draft stage compared to giving false information to the user space. BTW do not use HTML mail, our lists drop those. -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches