Return-path: Received: from mail-iy0-f174.google.com ([209.85.210.174]:42849 "EHLO mail-iy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753345Ab1AGA4t (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Jan 2011 19:56:49 -0500 Received: by iyi12 with SMTP id 12so15371697iyi.19 for ; Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:56:48 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <19750.24410.495583.789895@gargle.gargle.HOWL> References: <19749.32067.311517.479374@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <19749.37051.292861.996698@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <19750.24410.495583.789895@gargle.gargle.HOWL> From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 16:56:28 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [RFC v2] cfg80211: Add HT BSS attributes To: Sujith Cc: linux-wireless Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Sujith wrote: > (Resend to list). > > Sujith wrote: >> Sujith wrote: >> > From: Sujith Manoharan >> > >> > Add two new per-BSS attributes to allow configuration of >> > HT capabilites and operational parameters by hostapd. >> >> Ok, looks like this is not needed after all. >> When operating in AP mode, an associated station's HT caps is >> notified to the driver through sta_add() anyway. >> >> The main motive for this patch was that ath9k_htc required the >> HT params of the current BSS and it turns out that the firmware >> doesn't do anything with the information. :) Ah, I thought the purpose was to allow dynamic configuration of HT capa/params used. Luis