The brcmsmac driver supports different rates on 5GHz but this is not
taken into account when providing the rate index in the receive
status information passed to mac80211.

Reviewed-by: Roland Vossen <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Pieter-Paul Giesberts <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Henry Ptasinski <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/mac80211_if.c |    9 +++++++--
 drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/mac80211_if.h |    6 ++++++
 drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c        |    8 ++++++++
 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/mac80211_if.c 
b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/mac80211_if.c
index 7179edd..2370171 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/mac80211_if.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/mac80211_if.c
@@ -971,6 +971,10 @@ static struct ieee80211_channel 
brcms_5ghz_nphy_chantable[] = {
        .hw_value = (rate100m / 5), \
 }
 
+/*
+ * The rate table is used for both 2.4G and 5G rates. The
+ * latter being a subset as it does not support CCK rates.
+ */
 static struct ieee80211_rate legacy_ratetable[] = {
        RATE(10, 0),
        RATE(20, IEEE80211_RATE_SHORT_PREAMBLE),
@@ -1012,8 +1016,9 @@ static struct ieee80211_supported_band 
brcms_band_5GHz_nphy = {
        .band = IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ,
        .channels = brcms_5ghz_nphy_chantable,
        .n_channels = ARRAY_SIZE(brcms_5ghz_nphy_chantable),
-       .bitrates = legacy_ratetable + 4,
-       .n_bitrates = ARRAY_SIZE(legacy_ratetable) - 4,
+       .bitrates = legacy_ratetable + BRCMS_LEGACY_5G_RATE_OFFSET,
+       .n_bitrates = ARRAY_SIZE(legacy_ratetable) -
+                       BRCMS_LEGACY_5G_RATE_OFFSET,
        .ht_cap = {
                   .cap = IEEE80211_HT_CAP_GRN_FLD | IEEE80211_HT_CAP_SGI_20 |
                          IEEE80211_HT_CAP_SGI_40 |
diff --git a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/mac80211_if.h 
b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/mac80211_if.h
index fcd711a..7f290d7 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/mac80211_if.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/mac80211_if.h
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@
 #include <linux/timer.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 
+/*
+ * Starting index for 5G rates in the
+ * legacy rate table.
+ */
+#define BRCMS_LEGACY_5G_RATE_OFFSET    4
+
 /* softmac ioctl definitions */
 #define BRCMS_SET_SHORTSLOT_OVERRIDE           146
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c 
b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c
index 7e729d29..339ab28 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c
@@ -8252,6 +8252,14 @@ prep_mac80211_status(struct brcms_c_info *wlc, struct 
d11rxhdr *rxh,
                        wiphy_err(wlc->wiphy, "%s: Unknown rate\n", __func__);
                }
 
+               /*
+                * For 5GHz, we should decrease the index as it is
+                * a subset of the 2.4G rates. See bitrates field
+                * of brcms_band_5GHz_nphy (in mac80211_if.c).
+                */
+               if (rx_status->band == IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ)
+                       rx_status->rate_idx -= BRCMS_LEGACY_5G_RATE_OFFSET;
+
                /* Determine short preamble and rate_idx */
                preamble = 0;
                if (IS_CCK(rspec)) {
-- 
1.7.4.1


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