Return-path: Received: from mail.candelatech.com ([208.74.158.172]:44872 "EHLO ns3.lanforge.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751117Ab1F1Tvy (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:51:54 -0400 Message-ID: <4E0A30CD.9030006@candelatech.com> (sfid-20110628_215157_847934_593775FA) Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:51:41 -0700 From: Ben Greear MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Michel Alexandre Salim CC: "John W. Linville" , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, ath9k-devel@venema.h4ckr.net, "Luis R. Rodriguez" , Jouni Malinen , Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan , Senthil Balasubramanian Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath9k: add module option for disabling 11n functionality References: <4E0A2F8A.8010102@fedoraproject.org> In-Reply-To: <4E0A2F8A.8010102@fedoraproject.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 06/28/2011 12:46 PM, Michel Alexandre Salim wrote: > Some wireless base stations implement 802.11n mode in ways that > open-source drivers cannot handle properly, resulting in very unstable > connections. This patch introduces an '11n_disable' option to the ath9k > driver, similar to the same option for the iwlagn driver. > > Tested at the internal wireless network of www.cs.fau.de, where 802.11n > currently only works reliably with Windows clients. Would be lovely if this could be per VIF, and settable through something dynamic, even if just debugfs or similar.... Ben -- Ben Greear Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com