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Re: [wireless-next PATCH 1/5] mac80211: Support forcing station to disable 11n.

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On Fri, 2011-10-28 at 11:55 -0700, Ben Greear wrote:

> > This should be a parameter to connect() and assoc(), not a generic
> > netdev parameter, since it applies to the connection.
> >
> > Also, it would be good to have a capability check for it etc. since a
> > lot of fullmac drivers will likely never implement this.
> 
> The existing code always sets the IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_11N flag in u.mgd if
> WEP or TKIP is configured, without any capability checks, and my patch
> sets that flag in the same location.
> 
> So, maybe it is OK as is?
> 
> If not, I will add a new capability bit and just enable
> it in ath9k (and let others enable it in their drivers as they wish).

You misunderstood -- I said fullmac drivers, not differences between
ath9k, iwlwifi etc. Other cfg80211 drivers, not other mac80211 drivers.

johannes

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