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Re: [PATCH v10 2/2] mac80211: Support ht-cap over-rides.

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On Fri, 2011-11-18 at 11:32 -0800, greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> This implements ht-cap over-rides for mac80211 drivers.
> HT may be disabled, making an /a/b/g/n station act like an
> a/b/g station.  HT40 may be disabled forcing the station to
> be HT20 even if the AP and local hardware support HT40.
> 
> MAX-AMSDU may be disabled.
> AMPDU-Density may be increased.
> AMPDU-Factor may be decreased.
> 
> This has been successfully tested with ath9k using patched
> wpa_supplicant and iw.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> v10:
>  *  Add check in ieee80211_apply_htcap_overrides to make
>     sure we are type NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION.
> 
>  *  Memset u.mgd.ht_capa and ht_capa_mask to 0 in
>     ieee80211_set_disassoc to make sure we do not try to
>     use stale data.
> 
>  *  Add cpu_to_le16 when dealing with u.mgd.ht_capa*
>     Appears to make no change on x86, but should help
>     with certain other platforms.
> 
>  *  Addressed other issues brought up in review of v9.

Thanks. I haven't tested it, but see no obvious bugs. :-)

johannes

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