[PATCH] wpa_supplicant: Enable HT40 support for AP mode

Rajkumar Manoharan rmanohar
Mon Jul 9 02:34:16 PDT 2012


On Mon, Jul 09, 2012 at 09:07:53AM +0200, Antonio Quartulli wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 09, 2012 at 10:21:08AM +0530, Rajkumar Manoharan wrote:
> > Right now HT40 mode is not enabled for AP/P2P GO mode in wpa_supplicant.
> > If the HW is capable of 40MHz channel width and user specifies the
> > secondary channel posision, lets enable the HT40 mode in wpa_s. This
> > patch also enables HT40 support for P2P mode.
> > 
> > ap_ht40_mode : -1 -> HT40MINUS, 1 -> HT40PLUS
> 
> what about HT20?
As of now if CONFIG_IEEE80211N=y and driver supports it, AP interface
is configured in HT20 mode.

If ap_ht40_mode is not configured or ap_ht40_mode == 0, AP is started in HT20
mode. 

> This would be useful for IBSS mode too..what about extending this option to IBSS
> as well?
>
wpa_supplicant_create_ap only be called for AP or P2P GO mode.

-Rajkumar



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