please review - channel representation proposal and example
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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2026 05:00:34 UTC
hi! I've been working on a proposal to rototill how we represent channels in net80211 stack and drivers. My hope is this work will lead us towards a single entry per channel (with options) and unlocking 11ax, 320MHz wide stuff, OFDM-A configuration, 6GHz, 60GHz and other configurations without a further massive explosion of channel entries. The proposal is here: https://wiki.freebsd.org/AdrianChadd/Net80211ChannelRepresentation2026 And an example exploratory diff that converts some stuff away from direct manipulation and into macros that hopefully make things easier to further refactor: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D48172 I'd really like some feedback here. It's a lot of work that can break things in subtle ways, so I'm trying very hard to figure out a path forward that incrementally cleans things up in a more useful direction that we can all sort of agree upon. Thanks! -adrian