[PATCH v2 0/2] wpa_supplicant: Update VHT/HE STATUS indications

[Jouni Malinen]

On Sun, May 24, 2026 at 11:09:31PM +0800, Chung-Hsien Hsu wrote:
> This series updates the legacy STATUS indications for VHT/HE
> associations.
> 
> Patch 1 derives the existing ieee80211ac=1 STATUS indication from the
> already parsed connection_vht state instead of separately looking only
> at the Association Response VHT Capabilities element.

I guess this could make sense, but I'm trying to figure out what is the
point in extending "legacy indications"..

> Patch 2 adds a corresponding ieee80211ax=1 STATUS indication based on
> the already parsed connection_he state.
> 
> Unlike v1, these indications are kept non-exclusive. wifi_generation is
> the exclusive generation indication, while ieee80211ac/ieee80211ax
> indicate whether the corresponding VHT/HE capability is part of the
> association.

What is the use case for these separate VHT and HE capability
indications? Why would they be needed instead of all future cases being
covered by wifi_generation?

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Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA