[PATCH] wpa_supplicant: Enable HT40 support for AP mode

[Rajkumar Manoharan]

On Mon, Jul 09, 2012 at 10:41:39PM +0530, Rajkumar Manoharan wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 09, 2012 at 07:33:23PM +0300, Arik Nemtsov wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 7:15 PM, Rajkumar Manoharan
> > <rmanohar at qca.qualcomm.com> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2012 at 06:50:04PM +0300, Arik Nemtsov wrote:
> > >> On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 7:51 AM, Rajkumar Manoharan
> > >> <rmanohar at qca.qualcomm.com> 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
> > >> >
> > >> > Signed-hostap: Rajkumar Manoharan <rmanohar at qca.qualcomm.com>
> > >> > ---
> > >> >  wpa_supplicant/ap.c               | 3 +++
> > >> >  wpa_supplicant/config.c           | 5 ++++-
> > >> >  wpa_supplicant/config.h           | 7 +++++++
> > >> >  wpa_supplicant/config_file.c      | 4 ++++
> > >> >  wpa_supplicant/p2p_supplicant.c   | 2 --
> > >> >  wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.c   | 2 ++
> > >> >  wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant_i.h | 1 +
> > >> >  7 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > >> >
> > >> > diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/ap.c b/wpa_supplicant/ap.c
> > >> > index f9e0045..25a07d5 100644
> > >> > --- a/wpa_supplicant/ap.c
> > >> > +++ b/wpa_supplicant/ap.c
> > >> > @@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ static int wpa_supplicant_conf_ap(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s,
> > >> >
> > >> >                 if (!no_ht && mode && mode->ht_capab) {
> > >> >                         conf->ieee80211n = 1;
> > >> > +                       if (mode->ht_capab & HT_CAP_INFO_SUPP_CHANNEL_WIDTH_SET)
> > >> > +                               conf->secondary_channel =
> > >> > +                                       wpa_s->global->ap_ht40_mode;
> > >>
> > >> Can you tell me why HT_CAP_INFO_SUPP_CHANNEL_WIDTH_SET is not enabled
> > >> in the capabilities white-list?
> > >> (just below this code).
> > >>
> > >> I must be missing something, otherwise I'm not sure how this works..
> > >>
> > > The HT40 mode should be enabled if and only if the hw has IEEE80211_HT_CAP_SUP_WIDTH_20_40
> > > capability. This info was exported by wpa_driver_nl80211_get_hw_feature_data.
> > > I don't understand why it has be added in white-list?
> > >
> > 
> > The capabilities enabled for p2p are only a subset of all the
> > capabilities the HW supports. See this in the code:
> > 
> Oops. I understood. forgive my ignorance.
> 
Thanks Arik. Forgot to amend the changes. Such a poor guy.

-Rajkumar