static ssize_t show_channels(struct device *d,
                             struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
-       /* all this shit doesn't belong into sysfs anyway */
-       return 0;
+
+       struct iwl_priv *priv = dev_get_drvdata(d);
+       struct ieee80211_channel *channels = NULL;
+       const struct ieee80211_supported_band *supp_band = NULL;
+       int len = 0, i;
+       int count = 0;
+
+       if (!test_bit(STATUS_GEO_CONFIGURED, &priv->status))
+               return -EAGAIN;
+
+       supp_band = iwl_get_hw_mode(priv, IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ);
+       channels = supp_band->channels;
+       count = supp_band->n_channels;
+
+       len += sprintf(&buf[len],
+                       "Displaying %d channels in 2.4GHz band "
+                       "(802.11bg):\n", count);
+
+       for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
+               len += sprintf(&buf[len], "%d: %ddBm: BSS%s%s, %s.\n",
+                               ieee80211_frequency_to_channel(
+                               channels[i].center_freq),
+                               channels[i].max_power,
+                               channels[i].flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_RADAR ?
+                               " (IEEE 802.11h required)" : "",
+                               (!(channels[i].flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_IBSS)
+                               || (channels[i].flags &
+                               IEEE80211_CHAN_RADAR)) ? "" :
+                               ", IBSS",
+                               channels[i].flags &
+                               IEEE80211_CHAN_PASSIVE_SCAN ?
+                               "passive only" : "active/passive");
+
+       supp_band = iwl_get_hw_mode(priv, IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ);
+       channels = supp_band->channels;
+       count = supp_band->n_channels;
+
+       len += sprintf(&buf[len], "Displaying %d channels in 5.2GHz band "
+                       "(802.11a):\n", count);
+
+       for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
+               len += sprintf(&buf[len], "%d: %ddBm: BSS%s%s, %s.\n",
+                               ieee80211_frequency_to_channel(
+                               channels[i].center_freq),
+                               channels[i].max_power,
+                               channels[i].flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_RADAR ?
+                               " (IEEE 802.11h required)" : "",
+                               ((channels[i].flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_IBSS)
+                               || (channels[i].flags &
+                               IEEE80211_CHAN_RADAR)) ? "" :
+                               ", IBSS",
+                               channels[i].flags &
+                               IEEE80211_CHAN_PASSIVE_SCAN ?
+                               "passive only" : "active/passive");
+
+       return len;
 }
 
 static DEVICE_ATTR(channels, S_IRUSR, show_channels, NULL);