netdev - Re: [PATCH] mac80211: Ignore VHT IE from peer with wrong rx_mcs

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Date:   Fri, 28 Oct 2016 17:46:00 +0200
From:   Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:     Filip Matusiak <filip.matusiak@...to.com>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     marek.kwaczynski@...to.com, davem@...emloft.net,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: Ignore VHT IE from peer with wrong rx_mcs_map

On Fri, 2016-10-28 at 16:38 +0200, Filip Matusiak wrote:
> This is a workaround for VHT-enabled STAs which break the spec
> and have the VHT-MCS Rx map filled in with value 3 for all eight
> spacial streams.
> 
> As per spec, in section 22.1.1 Introduction to the VHT PHY
> A VHT STA shall support at least single spactial stream VHT-MCSs
> 0 to 7 (transmit and receive) in all supported channel widths.

Interesting, and also kinda dumb :)

> +	/*
> +	 * This is a workaround for VHT-enabled STAs which break the
> 

I find that it helps, in the future, if we know an example of a station
that did this, so we can test other implementations etc. Can you change
the comment accordingly?

johannes