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2014-05-09mac80211: allow VHT with peers not capable of 40MHzJohannes Berg
There are two (related) issues with this. One case, reported by Michal, is related to hostap: it unsets the 20/40 capability bit for stations that associate when it's in 20 MHz mode. The other case, reported by Eyal, is that some APs like Netgear R6300v2 and probably others based on the BCM4360 chipset can be configured for doing VHT at 20Mhz. In this case the beacon has a VHT IE but the HT cap indicates transmitter only support 20Mhz. In both of these cases, we currently avoid VHT and use only HT this means we can't use the highest rates (MCS8), so fixing this leads to throughput improvements. Reported-by: Michal Kazior <michal.kazior@tieto.com> Reported-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@wizery.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-02-05mac80211: update opmode when adding new stationMarek Kwaczynski
Update the operating mode field is needed when an association request contains the operating mode notification element and it's not just changed later on the fly. Signed-off-by: Marek Kwaczynski <marek.kwaczynski@tieto.com> [clarify commit log, comments & fix whitespace] Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2013-11-25mac80211: enable easier manipulation of VHT beamforming capsEyal Shapira
Introduce shift and mask defines for beamformee STS cap and number of sounding dimensions cap as these can take any 3 bit value. While at it also cleanup an unrequired parenthesis. Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@wizery.com> Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2013-10-01ieee80211: fix vht cap definitionsEliad Peller
VHT_CAP_BEAMFORMER_ANTENNAS cap is actually defined in the draft as VHT_CAP_BEAMFORMEE_STS_MAX, and its size is 3 bits long. VHT_CAP_SOUNDING_DIMENSIONS is also 3 bits long. Fix the definitions and change the cap masking accordingly. Signed-off-by: Eliad Peller <eliad@wizery.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2013-06-13mac80211: Fix VHT bandwidth change eventIlan Peer
Signed-off-by: Ilan Peer <ilan.peer@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2013-03-06mac80211: restrict peer's VHT capabilities to ownJohannes Berg
Implement restricting peer VHT capabilities to the device's own capabilities. This is useful when a single driver supports more than one device and the devices have different capabilities (often they will differ in the number of spatial streams), but in particular is also necessary for VHT capability overrides to work correctly -- otherwise it'd be possible to e.g. advertise, due to overrides, that TX-STBC is not supported, but then still use it to TX to the AP because it supports RX-STBC. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2013-03-06mac80211: support VHT capability overridesJohannes Berg
Support the cfg80211 API to override VHT capabilities on association. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2013-02-15mac80211: constify IE parsingJohannes Berg
Make all the parsed IE pointers const, and propagate the change to all the users etc. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2013-02-15mac80211: handle operating mode notif in beacon/assoc responseJohannes Berg
In beacons and association response frames an AP may include an operating mode notification element to advertise changes in the number of spatial streams it can receive. Handle this using the existing function that handles the action frame, but only handle NSS changes, not bandwidth changes which aren't allowed here. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2013-02-15mac80211: handle VHT operating mode notificationJohannes Berg
Handle the operating mode notification action frame. When the supported streams or the bandwidth change let the driver and rate control algorithm know. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2013-02-15mac80211: track number of spatial streamsJohannes Berg
With VHT, a station can change the number of spatial streams it can receive on the fly, not unlike spatial multiplexing in HT. Prepare for that by tracking the maximum number of spatial streams it can receive when the connection is established. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2013-02-15mac80211: stop toggling IEEE80211_HT_CAP_SUP_WIDTH_20_40Johannes Berg
For VHT, many more bandwidth changes are possible. As a first step, stop toggling the IEEE80211_HT_CAP_SUP_WIDTH_20_40 flag in the HT capabilities and instead introduce a bandwidth field indicating the currently usable bandwidth to transmit to the station. Of course, make all drivers use it. To achieve this, make ieee80211_ht_cap_ie_to_sta_ht_cap() get the station as an argument, rather than the new capabilities, so it can set up the new bandwidth field. If the station is a VHT station and VHT bandwidth is in use, also set the bandwidth accordingly. Doing this allows us to get rid of the supports_40mhz flag as the HT capabilities now reflect the true capability instead of the current setting. While at it, also fix ieee80211_ht_cap_ie_to_sta_ht_cap() to not ignore HT cap overrides when MCS TX isn't supported (not that it really happens...) Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2013-02-15mac80211: pass station to ieee80211_vht_cap_ie_to_sta_vht_capJohannes Berg
Like with HT, make things a bit simpler in future patches by passing the station to ieee80211_vht_cap_ie_to_sta_vht_cap() instead of the vht_cap pointer. Also disable VHT here if HT isn't supported. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2012-10-17mac80211: VHT peer STA capsMahesh Palivela
Save the AP's VHT capabilities (in managed mode) and make them available to the driver in the station information. Unlike HT capabilities, they aren't restricted to the common capabilities, so drivers must be aware of their own capabilities. Signed-off-by: Mahesh Palivela <maheshp@posedge.com> [fix endian conversion bug ...] Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>