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authorEyal Shapira <eyal@wizery.com>2015-01-16 22:37:04 +0200
committerEmmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>2015-02-01 15:39:19 +0200
commit3d44eebf773950dd2e24ad7ac786b589d6522d67 (patch)
tree53fd31f800b45ae4de1a2bdfbd66e462ff4c53a9 /drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
parente885c58bf88248a7e033749f532c3718442de22a (diff)
iwlwifi: mvm: add beamformer support
VHT Beamformer (BFER) will be used if the peer supports it and there's a benefit to use it vs. STBC or SISO. The driver now tells the FW whether BFER and/or STBC are allowed but the FW will make the decision to use either or stick to SISO on its own. BFER is limited to a single remote peer. The driver takes care of ensuring this to the FW and prioritizes with which peer BFER will be used. Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyalx.shapira@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
index cfd7bfcb3fc6..51e02e6ba0ac 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
@@ -401,10 +401,15 @@ int iwl_mvm_mac_setup_register(struct iwl_mvm *mvm)
if (mvm->nvm_data->bands[IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ].n_channels)
hw->wiphy->bands[IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ] =
&mvm->nvm_data->bands[IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ];
- if (mvm->nvm_data->bands[IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ].n_channels)
+ if (mvm->nvm_data->bands[IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ].n_channels) {
hw->wiphy->bands[IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ] =
&mvm->nvm_data->bands[IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ];
+ if (mvm->fw->ucode_capa.capa[0] & IWL_UCODE_TLV_CAPA_BEAMFORMER)
+ hw->wiphy->bands[IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ]->vht_cap.cap |=
+ IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_SU_BEAMFORMER_CAPABLE;
+ }
+
hw->wiphy->hw_version = mvm->trans->hw_id;
if (iwlmvm_mod_params.power_scheme != IWL_POWER_SCHEME_CAM)