On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 09:46:18PM +0200, Michel Alexandre Salim wrote: > Some wireless base stations implement 802.11n mode in ways that > open-source drivers cannot handle properly, resulting in very > unstable connections. This patch introduces an '11n_disable' option > to the ath9k driver, similar to the same option for the iwlagn > driver. What is so special about this that makes it impossible for open source drivers to handle? The proper approach here would be to figure out what is causing the interop issue and fix (or more likely, work around) that. In addition, if this is really needed, why would this be a driver specific hack rather than providing a shared mechanism in mac80211 to disable 802.11n support? It would sound strange if there would need to be a new module parameter in every 802.11n driver to handle something like this. -- Jouni Malinen PGP id EFC895FA -- 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
