From: Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@googlemail.com>
To: Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] cfg80211: Add new BSS attribute ht_opmode
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:08:58 +0100
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>,
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Am Mittwoch 24 November 2010 schrieb Johannes Berg:
> On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 12:40 +0100, Helmut Schaa wrote:
> > Add a new BSS attribute to allow hostapd to set the current HT opmode.
> > Otherwise drivers won't be able to set up protection for HT rates in
> > AP mode.
> > 
> > Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
> > Signed-off-by: Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@googlemail.com>
> > ---
> > 
> > Not sure if we also want to pass in some other parts of the HT Operation
> > IE or maybe the whole IE?
> > 
> > At the moment the HT opmode is sufficient but in the future we might
> > want to support STBC beaconing and so on. Passing the whole IE would
> > not require any new interfaces later but also makes the interface less
> > nice IMO :)
> > 
> > I'll send a patch for hostapd as soon as the interface is agreed on.
> 
> This seems fine to me. Any opinion from Jouni?

Jouni, any comment from your side?

Thanks,
Helmut