[ath9k-devel] [PATCH] ath9k: add module option for disabling 11n functionality

[Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>]

On 06/28/2011 01:06 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Ben Greear<greearb@candelatech.com>  wrote:
>> 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....
>
> WTF. Are such APs WFA certified? Can you provide more details as to
> why there is a mode that "open-source drivers cannot handle properly".

I'd like the feature for testing purposes (use ath9k to act like
just an a/b/g NIC).  No idea about whatever the original poster
is using.

Thanks,
Ben

>
>    Luis


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