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Re: [PATCH] ath9k: add module option for disabling 11n functionality

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On 29 June 2011 05:57, Jouni Malinen <j@xxxxx> wrote:

> 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.

And I'd -really- appreciate it if someone did this, so we could fix
open source 11n implementations. :-)

> 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.

+1; it should be in the 802.11 stack, not the driver itself.


Adrian
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