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Re: [PATCH] cfg80211: Add HT and VHT information in start_ap

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On Tue, 2016-10-04 at 16:15 +0000, Malinen, Jouni wrote:
> 
> And even if the driver were to simply copy the IEs with the BSS
> membership selectors, this would only work with stations that
> implement this part correctly, i.e., the AP would not necessarily
> have any means for rejecting the association if a non-HT/VHT station
> were to try to associate.. With mac80211-drivers, this happens in
> hostapd.

Yes, that's a good point, so we'd still have to pass this information
down.

I think we'll look at adding the necessary parsing to cfg80211, and
then other drivers can pick it up as needed.

johannes



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