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Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] mac80211/minstrel_ht: add support for using CCK rates

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On Monday, February 11, 2013 02:36:05 PM Felix Fietkau wrote:
> When MCS rates start to get bad in 2.4 GHz because of long range or
> strong interference, CCK rates can be a lot more robust.
> 
> This patch adds a pseudo MCS group containing CCK rates (long preamble
> in the lower 4 slots, short preamble in the upper slots).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  static void
> +minstrel_ht_update_cck(struct minstrel_priv *mp, struct minstrel_ht_sta *mi,
> +		       struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband,
> +		       struct ieee80211_sta *sta)
> +{
> +	int i;
> +
> +	if (sband->band != IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ)
> +		return;
> +
> +	mi->cck_supported = 0;
> +	mi->cck_supported_short = 0;
> +	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
> +		if (!rate_supported(sta, sband->band, mp->cck_rates[i]))
> +			continue;

Don't we need to check if the receiver (and the minstrel_ht sender)
supports IEEE80211_HT_CAP_DSSSCCK40 when the phy is in HT40+/- mode?

Regards,
	Christian
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