The check led to VHT-capable devices being unable to pair in VHT20 and were instead paired in HT20. This improves throughput for VHT20 pairing. Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior <michal.kazior@xxxxxxxxx> --- The check was originally introduced in: e1a0c6b3a4b27ed5f21291d0bbee2167ec201ef5 (mac80211: stop toggling IEEE80211_HT_CAP_SUP_WIDTH_20_40) Was it really necessary to introduce this check? net/mac80211/vht.c | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/mac80211/vht.c b/net/mac80211/vht.c index e9e36a2..21c7e5b 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/vht.c +++ b/net/mac80211/vht.c @@ -129,10 +129,6 @@ ieee80211_vht_cap_ie_to_sta_vht_cap(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, if (!vht_cap_ie || !sband->vht_cap.vht_supported) return; - /* A VHT STA must support 40 MHz */ - if (!(sta->sta.ht_cap.cap & IEEE80211_HT_CAP_SUP_WIDTH_20_40)) - return; - vht_cap->vht_supported = true; own_cap = sband->vht_cap; -- 1.8.5.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
