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Re: [PATCH 1/2] cfg80211: Add new BSS attribute ht_opmode

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On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 12:40 +0100, Helmut Schaa wrote:
> Add a new BSS attribute to allow hostapd to set the current HT opmode.
> Otherwise drivers won't be able to set up protection for HT rates in
> AP mode.
> 
> Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> Not sure if we also want to pass in some other parts of the HT Operation
> IE or maybe the whole IE?
> 
> At the moment the HT opmode is sufficient but in the future we might
> want to support STBC beaconing and so on. Passing the whole IE would
> not require any new interfaces later but also makes the interface less
> nice IMO :)
> 
> I'll send a patch for hostapd as soon as the interface is agreed on.

This seems fine to me. Any opinion from Jouni?

johannes


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