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Re: [PATCH 1/1] New driver: rtl8xxxu (mac80211)

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Jes Sorensen wrote:
> > Ah, this makes sense. There's an rc_update call or something like that,
> > that might have the requisite information. Not really sure off the top
> > of my head.

ieee80211_sta doesn't contain the preamble information, though ?

The bss information holds the short preamble information, so that can
probably be used - using BSS_CHANGED_ERP_PREAMBLE.

> I'll add a comment to the code explaining why it is done this way. I had
> a peak at the rate_control code earlier, but it wasn't obvious to me
> whether I should be using that API at all. Is there an explanation of
> the API and it's usage somewhere?

sta_rc_update() can be used when the target firmware (or a custom rate
control module) expects the driver to provide valid operational bitrates.

Sujith
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