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From: Alan Ott <alan-yzvJWuRpmD1zbRFIqnYvSA@public•gmane.org>
To: Werner Almesberger <werner-SEdMjqphH88wryQfseakQg@public•gmane.org>
Cc: netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public•gmane.org,
	linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public•gmane.org,
	linux-zigbee-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public•gmane.org,
	"David S. Miller" <davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public•gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac802154: Keep track of the channel when changed
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:20:23 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <515F4017.6060404@signal11.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130405210514.GF28141@ws>

On 04/05/2013 05:05 PM, Werner Almesberger wrote:
> Alan Ott wrote:
>> Prevent set_channel() from getting called every time a packet is sent. This
>> looks like it was an oversight.
> at86rf230.c and derivatives avoid this problem by setting
> phy->current_* in the *_channel function.
>
> But I'd agree that it's nicer to do this in one place, not in
> every driver.
>
> In case a driver had a weird failure mode in which it leaves the
> original channel but only makes it halfway to the new channel, it
> could still set phy->current_* and return an error. So there's no
> loss of functionality with your change.

Hmm... I just noticed that mib.c does the same thing (and doesn't set
phy->current_*). I'll need to fix that one too (and resubmit). :(

Alan.




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  reply	other threads:[~2013-04-05 21:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-04-05 20:36 [PATCH] mac802154: Keep track of the channel when changed Alan Ott
2013-04-05 21:05 ` [Linux-zigbee-devel] " Werner Almesberger
2013-04-05 21:20   ` Alan Ott [this message]
     [not found]     ` <515F4017.6060404-yzvJWuRpmD1zbRFIqnYvSA@public.gmane.org>
2013-04-05 23:03       ` [PATCH v2] " Alan Ott
2013-04-08 16:09         ` David Miller

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