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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/3] mac80211: mesh: fixed HT ies in beacon template
On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 02:45:40PM +0300, Yaniv Machani wrote:
> The HT capab info field inside the HT capab IE of the mesh beacon
> is incorrect (in the case of 20MHz channel width).
> To fix this driver will check configuration from cfg and
> will build it accordingly.

> + /* determine capability flags */
> + cap = sband->ht_cap.cap;
> +
> + /* if channel width is 20MHz - configure HT capab accordingly*/
> + if (sdata->vif.bss_conf.chandef.width == NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_20) {
> + cap &= ~IEEE80211_HT_CAP_SUP_WIDTH_20_40;
> + cap &= ~IEEE80211_HT_CAP_DSSSCCK40;
> + }

Is it required that HT capability match the HT operation in this case?

> diff --git a/net/mac80211/util.c b/net/mac80211/util.c
> index 42bf0b6..5375a82 100644
> --- a/net/mac80211/util.c
> +++ b/net/mac80211/util.c
> @@ -2349,10 +2349,7 @@ u8 *ieee80211_ie_build_ht_oper(u8 *pos, struct ieee80211_sta_ht_cap *ht_cap,
> ht_oper->operation_mode = cpu_to_le16(prot_mode);
> ht_oper->stbc_param = 0x0000;
>
> - /* It seems that Basic MCS set and Supported MCS set
> - are identical for the first 10 bytes */
> memset(&ht_oper->basic_set, 0, 16);
> - memcpy(&ht_oper->basic_set, &ht_cap->mcs, 10);

This change doesn't look right (basic mcs set will be all zeroes) but
then, neither does the original code. Basic MCS set for a mesh STA should
be the mandatory MCSes according to 9.7.4.

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Bob Copeland %% http://bobcopeland.com/

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