mac80211: Support ht-cap over-rides.
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@candelatech.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index 0f58122..8925138 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@
channel_type = NL80211_CHAN_HT20;
if (!(ap_ht_cap_flags & IEEE80211_HT_CAP_40MHZ_INTOLERANT) &&
+ !ieee80111_cfg_override_disables_ht40(sdata) &&
(sband->ht_cap.cap & IEEE80211_HT_CAP_SUP_WIDTH_20_40) &&
(hti->ht_param & IEEE80211_HT_PARAM_CHAN_WIDTH_ANY)) {
switch(hti->ht_param & IEEE80211_HT_PARAM_CHA_SEC_OFFSET) {
@@ -1118,6 +1119,8 @@
/* on the next assoc, re-program HT parameters */
sdata->ht_opmode_valid = false;
+ memset(&ifmgd->ht_capa, 0, sizeof(ifmgd->ht_capa));
+ memset(&ifmgd->ht_capa_mask, 0, sizeof(ifmgd->ht_capa_mask));
local->power_constr_level = 0;
@@ -1611,7 +1614,7 @@
sdata->flags &= ~IEEE80211_SDATA_OPERATING_GMODE;
if (elems.ht_cap_elem && !(ifmgd->flags & IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_11N))
- ieee80211_ht_cap_ie_to_sta_ht_cap(sband,
+ ieee80211_ht_cap_ie_to_sta_ht_cap(sdata, sband,
elems.ht_cap_elem, &sta->sta.ht_cap);
ap_ht_cap_flags = sta->sta.ht_cap.cap;
@@ -1980,7 +1983,7 @@
sband = local->hw.wiphy->bands[local->hw.conf.channel->band];
- ieee80211_ht_cap_ie_to_sta_ht_cap(sband,
+ ieee80211_ht_cap_ie_to_sta_ht_cap(sdata, sband,
elems.ht_cap_elem, &sta->sta.ht_cap);
ap_ht_cap_flags = sta->sta.ht_cap.cap;
@@ -2640,6 +2643,13 @@
ifmgd->flags |= IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_11N;
+ if (req->flags & ASSOC_REQ_DISABLE_HT)
+ ifmgd->flags |= IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_11N;
+
+ memcpy(&ifmgd->ht_capa, &req->ht_capa, sizeof(ifmgd->ht_capa));
+ memcpy(&ifmgd->ht_capa_mask, &req->ht_capa_mask,
+ sizeof(ifmgd->ht_capa_mask));
+
if (req->ie && req->ie_len) {
memcpy(wk->ie, req->ie, req->ie_len);
wk->ie_len = req->ie_len;