Re: [PATCH V2] mac80211: Ignore VHT IE from peer with wrong rx_mcs_map

[Johannes Berg]

On Wed, 2016-11-02 at 10:04 +0100, 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, an example is AR9462 in AP mode.
> 
> 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.
> 
> Some devices in STA mode will get firmware assert when trying to
> associate, examples are QCA9377 & QCA6174.
> 
> Packet example of broken VHT Cap IE of AR9462:
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks.

johannes