On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 8:31 AM, Sebastian Gottschall <[email protected]> wrote: > Am 12.01.2018 um 16:28 schrieb Ben Greear: >> >> >> On 01/11/2018 05:46 PM, Robert Jones wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I'm working with a WLE1216V5-20 ath10k wave 2 card using QCA9984 >>> chipset and having problems configuring an AP for VHT160 or 80+80 >>> mode. The hostapd v2.6 tool in both cases tells me that the "Driver >>> does not support configured VHT capability". >>> >>> I'm using the custom board and firmware .bin files found at >>> http://www.candelatech.com/ath10k-10.4.php. I see on the same page >>> that they recommend using one of Ben Greear's kernels but I would >>> prefer to stick with a mainline 4.14 if possible. >>> >>> Is this capability truly missing from the ath10k driver or am I >>> misconfiguring something in my hostapd.conf? >>> >>> If the former, can anyone point me to a patch set that I can apply to >>> the ath10k driver to support either of these two modes? >> >> >> Early on there was bugs in stock firmware for how it did VHT160 >> vs how the driver thought it did. I ended up fixing the CT firmware >> to match closer to how the driver wanted it done at the time, but >> I think that the driver has since changed. >> >> I have not had time (nor much interest) to try to make my firmware work >> again with stock >> driver for VHT160. >> >> Either way, VHT160 is almost completely worthless because it can only >> do 2x2 at VHT160, which is no faster than VHT80 at 4x4 but uses twice >> as much bandwidth.
Right, I definitely agree. I suppose I just wanted to test my configuration in case one of our customers asked for an example. This is a strong argument regarding this card though. > > remember my patch to get it to work with stock firmware :-) >> >> >> Thanks, >> Ben >> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Robert Jones >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> ath10k mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/ath10k >>> >> > > -- > Mit freundlichen Grüssen / Regards > > Sebastian Gottschall / CTO > > NewMedia-NET GmbH - DD-WRT > Firmensitz: Stubenwaldallee 21a, 64625 Bensheim > Registergericht: Amtsgericht Darmstadt, HRB 25473 > Geschäftsführer: Peter Steinhäuser, Christian Scheele > http://www.dd-wrt.com > email: [email protected] > Tel.: +496251-582650 / Fax: +496251-5826565 > _______________________________________________ ath10k mailing list [email protected] http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/ath10k
