From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail2.candelatech.com ([208.74.158.173]:46381 "EHLO mail2.candelatech.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932576AbbKESrM (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Nov 2015 13:47:12 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH-v2 1/2] mac80211: Take bitrates into account when building IEs. To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org References: <1445361858-24976-1-git-send-email-greearb@candelatech.com> Cc: johannes@sipsolutions.net From: Ben Greear Message-ID: <563BA42F.1060904@candelatech.com> (sfid-20151105_194715_482980_43DF151E) Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 10:47:11 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1445361858-24976-1-git-send-email-greearb@candelatech.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 10/20/2015 10:24 AM, greearb@candelatech.com wrote: > From: Ben Greear > > If a user restricts the rateset for some reason, then the > probe requests should not advertise rates that are not > selected by the user. > > To implement this, we save the requested bitrates at > the mac80211 level and take it into account when building > the IEs. > > This allows one to create a more realistic /b mode > station on modern hardware, for instance. Good for > testing, and likely good for other things as well. Any comments on these patches? Thanks, Ben -- Ben Greear Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com