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Re: [RFC v2] cfg80211: Add HT BSS attributes

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On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Sujith <m.sujith@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> (Resend to list).
>>
>> Sujith wrote:
>>> Sujith wrote:
>>> > From: Sujith Manoharan <Sujith.Manoharan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> >
>>> > Add two new per-BSS attributes to allow configuration of
>>> > HT capabilites and operational parameters by hostapd.
>>>
>>> Ok, looks like this is not needed after all.
>>> When operating in AP mode, an associated station's HT caps is
>>> notified to the driver through sta_add() anyway.
>>>
>>> The main motive for this patch was that ath9k_htc required the
>>> HT params of the current BSS and it turns out that the firmware
>>> doesn't do anything with the information. :)
>
> Ah, I thought the purpose was to allow dynamic configuration of HT
> capa/params used.
>

Yeah, me too.  Isn't greenfield mode (whether there are legacy devices
around) part of the operating capabilities and should be supported by
hostapd?

Dan
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