Re: [PATCH 6/9] mac80211: handle width changes from opmode notification IE in beacon

[Krishna Chaitanya]

On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 9:28 PM, Johannes Berg <johan...@sipsolutions.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 2015-12-08 at 21:25 +0530, Krishna Chaitanya wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 9:23 PM, Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.
>> net> wrote:
>> > On Tue, 2015-12-08 at 21:17 +0530, Krishna Chaitanya wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > If the rate control algorithm doesn't look at sta->sta.rx_nss
>> > > > then
>> > > > that's their bug.
>> > >
>> > > Yes, it looks like it. Only BW is handled, not the NSS change,
>> > > and
>> > > without this patch OP MODE IE in beacon updates neither NSS nor
>> > > BW.
>> > >
>> > > For Action frame OP MODE IE, NSS will be updated.
>> Typo BW will be updated.
>
> Ok.
>
>> > I don't see how that would happen - they end up in exactly the same
>> > code path.
>>
>> As nss_only is false, BW will be update in case of action frame.
>
> Well, this patch removes that since the whole concept of nss_only was
> wrong.
>
> So basically you're just saying that minstrel should be fixed to look
> at rx_nss (and the relevant change bit, perhaps)...
>
Exactly :-).
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