[PATCH 2/3] ath6k: add error message to explain lack of HT.

greearb at candelatech.com greearb at candelatech.com
Wed Oct 21 14:53:20 PDT 2015


From: Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com>

It can take a user a while to understand why their
NIC that advertises 802.11n support cannot actually
do 802.11n.  Print out a warning in the logs to save
the next poor person to use this NIC some trouble.

Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/cfg80211.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/cfg80211.c
index ed25ad6..6fcb39b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/cfg80211.c
@@ -3797,6 +3797,9 @@ int ath6kl_cfg80211_init(struct ath6kl *ar)
 		ath6kl_band_2ghz.ht_cap.ht_supported = false;
 		ath6kl_band_5ghz.ht_cap.cap = 0;
 		ath6kl_band_5ghz.ht_cap.ht_supported = false;
+
+		if (ht)
+			ath6kl_err("Firmware lacks RSN-CAP-OVERRIDE, so HT (802.11n) is disabled.");
 	}
 
 	if (test_bit(ATH6KL_FW_CAPABILITY_64BIT_RATES,
-- 
2.4.3




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