Re: [PATCH] hostapd: take configured antenna set into consideration

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On 2015-12-09 21:20, greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> If user has configured TX antennas to be less than what
> hardware advertises, the MCS reported by hardware will
> be too large.  So, remove MCS sets accordingly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Why is it necessary to do this in user space? Shouldn't the driver
recalculate its MCS capabilities and let hostapd use the updated
information.
IIRC that's what ath9k is doing at the moment.

- Felix

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