On 04/08/2015 11:29 AM, Peer, Ilan wrote: > Hi Ben, > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ben Greear [mailto:gree...@candelatech.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2015 19:08 >> To: Peer, Ilan >> Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org >> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] mac80211_hwsim: Set VHT capabilities only for the >> 5.2 GHz band >> >> On 04/07/2015 09:05 AM, Ilan Peer wrote: >>> Previously, VHT capabilities and supported MCSs where set for all >>> bands, although VHT is only allowed on 5.2 GHz band. Fix it. >> >> I saw a patch on ath10k list that enabled VHT for 2.4Ghz for that >> driver/firmware...are you sure it is absolutely not supported? >> > > According to the 802.11ac amendment: "The IEEE 802.11 VHT STA operates in > frequency bands below 6 GHz excluding the 2.4 GHz band", so at least the > spec. is clear about it. However, I guess it would be possible to enable VHT > for 2.4 as well to enjoy some of benefits, but do you see a reason/use case > to enable it also for hwsim?
I just don't see a reason to forbid it since hwsim never goes over the air, and at least some hardware appears to support AC on 2.4, but I don't care strongly about the issue one way or another. Thanks, Ben -- Ben Greear <gree...@candelatech.com> Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
