[PATCH 1/5] supplicant: Support disabling HE for stations.

[Ben Greear]

Just FYI, the 2/5 I skipped since it needs a kernel patch that I just posted
and which may not be accepted to the kernel...

Thanks,
Ben

On 3/6/21 8:18 AM, greearb at candelatech.com wrote:
> From: Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com>
> 
> Send a flag to the kernel with user has specified disable_he
> in supplicant config file.  Requires kernel patch to function
> as expected.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com>
> ---
>   src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c | 8 ++++++++
>   1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c b/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
> index a9d5fe3d8..f32890d1d 100644
> --- a/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
> +++ b/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
> @@ -5913,6 +5913,14 @@ static int nl80211_ht_vht_overrides(struct nl_msg *msg,
>   	}
>   #endif /* CONFIG_VHT_OVERRIDES */
>   
> +#ifdef CONFIG_VHT_OVERRIDES
> +	if (params->disable_he) {
> +		wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "  * HE disabled");
> +		if (nla_put_flag(msg, NL80211_ATTR_DISABLE_HE))
> +			return -1;
> +	}
> +#endif
> +
>   	return 0;
>   }
>   
> 


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Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com