return bcm43xx_channel_to_freq_bg(channel);
 }
 
-/* Lightweight function to check if a channel number is valid.
- * Note that this does _NOT_ check for geographical restrictions!
- */
-static inline
-int bcm43xx_is_valid_channel_a(u8 channel)
-{
-       return (channel >= IEEE80211_52GHZ_MIN_CHANNEL
-              && channel <= IEEE80211_52GHZ_MAX_CHANNEL);
-}
-static inline
-int bcm43xx_is_valid_channel_bg(u8 channel)
-{
-       return (channel >= IEEE80211_24GHZ_MIN_CHANNEL
-              && channel <= IEEE80211_24GHZ_MAX_CHANNEL);
-}
-static inline
-int bcm43xx_is_valid_channel(struct bcm43xx_private *bcm,
-                            u8 channel)
-{
-       if (bcm43xx_current_phy(bcm)->type == BCM43xx_PHYTYPE_A)
-               return bcm43xx_is_valid_channel_a(channel);
-       return bcm43xx_is_valid_channel_bg(channel);
-}
-
 void bcm43xx_tsf_read(struct bcm43xx_private *bcm, u64 *tsf);
 void bcm43xx_tsf_write(struct bcm43xx_private *bcm, u64 tsf);
 
 
        u16 r8, tmp;
        u16 freq;
 
+       if (!ieee80211_is_valid_channel(bcm->ieee, channel))
+               return -EINVAL;
        if ((radio->manufact == 0x17F) &&
            (radio->version == 0x2060) &&
            (radio->revision == 1)) {
-               if (channel > 200)
-                       return -EINVAL;
                freq = channel2freq_a(channel);
 
                r8 = bcm43xx_radio_read16(bcm, 0x0008);
                TODO(); //TODO: TSSI2dbm workaround
                bcm43xx_phy_xmitpower(bcm);//FIXME correct?
        } else {
-               if ((channel < 1) || (channel > 14))
-                       return -EINVAL;
-
                if (synthetic_pu_workaround)
                        bcm43xx_synth_pu_workaround(bcm, channel);
 
 
                channel = bcm43xx_freq_to_channel(bcm, data->freq.m);
                freq = data->freq.m;
        }
-       if (!bcm43xx_is_valid_channel(bcm, channel))
+       if (!ieee80211_is_valid_channel(bcm->ieee, channel))
                goto out_unlock;
        if (bcm43xx_status(bcm) == BCM43xx_STAT_INITIALIZED) {
                //ieee80211softmac_disassoc(softmac, $REASON);