mac80211: set HT channel before association
Changing the channel type during operation is
confusing to some drivers and will be hard to
handle in multi-channel scenarios. Instead of
changing the channel, set it to the right HT
channel before authenticating/associating and
don't change it -- just update the 20/40 MHz
restrictions in rate control as needed when
changed by the AP.
This also fixes a problem that Paul missed in
his fix for the "regulatory makes us deaf"
issue -- when we couldn't use 40 MHz we still
associated saying we were using 40 MHz, which
could in similarly broken APs make us never
even connect successfully.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/mac80211-auth-assoc-deauth.txt b/Documentation/networking/mac80211-auth-assoc-deauth.txt
index e0a2aa58..d7a15fe 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/mac80211-auth-assoc-deauth.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/mac80211-auth-assoc-deauth.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
end note
end
-mac80211->driver: config(channel, non-HT)
+mac80211->driver: config(channel, channel type)
mac80211->driver: bss_info_changed(set BSSID, basic rate bitmap)
mac80211->driver: sta_state(AP, exists)
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
end
alt not previously authenticated (FT)
-mac80211->driver: config(channel, non-HT)
+mac80211->driver: config(channel, channel type)
mac80211->driver: bss_info_changed(set BSSID, basic rate bitmap)
mac80211->driver: sta_state(AP, exists)
mac80211->driver: sta_state(AP, authenticated)
@@ -67,10 +67,6 @@
mac80211->driver: set up QoS parameters
-alt is HT channel
-mac80211->driver: config(channel, HT params)
-end
-
mac80211->driver: bss_info_changed(QoS, HT, associated with AID)
mac80211->userspace: associated
@@ -95,5 +91,5 @@
mac80211->driver: sta_state(AP,not-exists)
mac80211->driver: turn off powersave
mac80211->driver: bss_info_changed(clear BSSID, not associated, no QoS, ...)
-mac80211->driver: config(non-HT channel type)
+mac80211->driver: config(channel type to non-HT)
mac80211->userspace: disconnected