On Mon, 2013-04-15 at 12:09 +0200, Karl Beldan wrote:
> It seems to me we have to perform one of the following, otherwise one
> driver may set negative rate indexes and iw et.al will report VHT NSSes
> starting at 0.
Hmm, yeah, this does seem inconsistent.
> {
> diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
> index 0dde213..2317ca9 100644
> --- a/include/net/mac80211.h
> +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
> @@ -601,8 +601,8 @@ static inline void ieee80211_rate_set_vht(struct ieee80211_tx_rate *rate,
> u8 mcs, u8 nss)
> {
> WARN_ON(mcs & ~0xF);
> - WARN_ON(nss & ~0x7);
> - rate->idx = (nss << 4) | mcs;
> + WARN_ON((nss - 1) & ~0x7);
> + rate->idx = ((nss - 1) << 4) | mcs;
> }
>
> static inline u8
> @@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ ieee80211_rate_get_vht_mcs(const struct ieee80211_tx_rate *rate)
> static inline u8
> ieee80211_rate_get_vht_nss(const struct ieee80211_tx_rate *rate)
> {
> - return rate->idx >> 4;
> + return (rate->idx >> 4) + 1;
> }
>
> /**
> }
I think this is nicer? But it should probably have some comments.
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c
> index 56df249..9631391 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c
> @@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ static void iwl_mvm_hwrate_to_tx_control(u32 rate_n_flags,
> ieee80211_rate_set_vht(
> r, rate_n_flags & RATE_VHT_MCS_RATE_CODE_MSK,
> ((rate_n_flags & RATE_VHT_MCS_NSS_MSK) >>
> - RATE_VHT_MCS_NSS_POS) + 1);
> + RATE_VHT_MCS_NSS_POS));
> r->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_RC_VHT_MCS;
> } else {
> r->idx = iwl_mvm_legacy_rate_to_mac80211_idx(rate_n_flags,
> diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
> index fdd95bd..358d93c 100644
> --- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
> +++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
> @@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ void sta_set_rate_info_tx(struct sta_info *sta,
> } else if (rate->flags & IEEE80211_TX_RC_VHT_MCS) {
> rinfo->flags |= RATE_INFO_FLAGS_VHT_MCS;
> rinfo->mcs = ieee80211_rate_get_vht_mcs(rate);
> - rinfo->nss = ieee80211_rate_get_vht_nss(rate);
> + rinfo->nss = ieee80211_rate_get_vht_nss(rate) + 1;
> } else {
> struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband;
> sband = sta->local->hw.wiphy->bands[
> }
Wouldn't this one also require an update for VHT radiotap in
net/mac80211/rx.c around line 320 (RX_FLAG_VHT)?
johannes
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