[PATCH 1/2] hostap: set ht_capab from wiphy when in P2P GO mode

Arik Nemtsov arik
Mon Aug 8 12:11:48 PDT 2011


On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 11:07, Jouni Malinen <j at w1.fi> wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 07, 2011 at 10:09:05PM +0300, Arik Nemtsov wrote:
>> The features enabled are of course card/driver specific. I'm afraid
>> there's no "catch-all" set I can think of.
>
> Not only card/driver specific, but also specific to environment or use
> of the network..
>
>> For instance, the features required for wl12xx cards are:
>> HT_CAP_INFO_GREEN_FIELD, HT_CAP_INFO_SHORT_GI20MHZ, HT_CAP_INFO_RX_STBC_1
>
> Do you really want to enable greenfield by default (user would not have
> an option to disable it)?

I didn't mean to hard-code it. I meant these should be part of the
mask of allowed bits.

Greenfield should be enabled for cards supported by the
mac80211+wl12xx driver. These always support receiving PPDUs in
Greenfield format. IIUC, this bit shouldn't change according to
network operating conditions.

Arik



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