cfg80211: allow drivers to selectively disable 80/160 MHz
Some drivers might support 80 or 160 MHz only on some
channels for whatever reason, so allow them to disable
these channel widths. Also maintain the new flags when
regulatory bandwidth limitations would disable these
wide channels.
Reviewed-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
diff --git a/net/wireless/chan.c b/net/wireless/chan.c
index 810c23c..fd556ac 100644
--- a/net/wireless/chan.c
+++ b/net/wireless/chan.c
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@
case NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_80:
if (!vht_cap->vht_supported)
return false;
+ prohibited_flags |= IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_80MHZ;
width = 80;
break;
case NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_160:
@@ -382,6 +383,7 @@
return false;
if (!(vht_cap->cap & IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_SUPP_CHAN_WIDTH_160MHZ))
return false;
+ prohibited_flags |= IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_160MHZ;
width = 160;
break;
default:
@@ -389,7 +391,16 @@
return false;
}
- /* TODO: missing regulatory check on 80/160 bandwidth */
+ /*
+ * TODO: What if there are only certain 80/160/80+80 MHz channels
+ * allowed by the driver, or only certain combinations?
+ * For 40 MHz the driver can set the NO_HT40 flags, but for
+ * 80/160 MHz and in particular 80+80 MHz this isn't really
+ * feasible and we only have NO_80MHZ/NO_160MHZ so far but
+ * no way to cover 80+80 MHz or more complex restrictions.
+ * Note that such restrictions also need to be advertised to
+ * userspace, for example for P2P channel selection.
+ */
if (width > 20)
prohibited_flags |= IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_OFDM;