Subject: Re: [PATCH] Changes to ieee80211.h for user space regulatory daemon

From: Larry Finger <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 16:10:43 -0500

John W. Linville wrote:
>> @@ -968,6 +968,7 @@ #define IEEE80211_52GHZ_CHANNELS (IEEE80
>>
>>  enum {
>> 	IEEE80211_CH_PASSIVE_ONLY = (1 << 0),
>> +	IEEE80211_CH_80211H_RULES = (1 << 1),
>> 	IEEE80211_CH_B_ONLY = (1 << 2),
>> 	IEEE80211_CH_NO_IBSS = (1 << 3),
>> 	IEEE80211_CH_UNIFORM_SPREADING = (1 << 4),
> 
> Any idea why this "hole" was here to begin with?  Was there something
> else defined as (1 << 1) previously?  Is it safe to reuse this value?
> 
> John

The hole has been there as long as I have been reading the ieee80211 code. If you are not 
comfortable with plugging the hole, then we can use (1 << 5).

Larry