netdev - Re: [PATCH] wifi: mac80211: Remove "Missing iftype sband data/EHT cap" spam

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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 11:33:41 +0200
From: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>
To: Nicolas Cavallari <nicolas.cavallari@...en-communications.fr>
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	Ilan Peer <ilan.peer@...el.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: mac80211: Remove "Missing iftype sband data/EHT
 cap" spam

On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 03:26:48PM +0200, Nicolas Cavallari wrote:
> In mesh mode, ieee80211_chandef_he_6ghz_oper() is called by
> mesh_matches_local() for every received mesh beacon.
> 
> On a 6 GHz mesh of a HE-only phy, this spams that the hardware does not
> have EHT capabilities, even if the received mesh beacon does not have an
> EHT element.
> 
> Unlike HE, not supporting EHT in the 6 GHz band is not an error so do
> not print anything in this case.
> 
> Fixes: 5dca295dd767 ("mac80211: Add initial support for EHT and 320 MHz channels")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Cavallari <nicolas.cavallari@...en-communications.fr>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>