Browse Source

ath6kl: add error message to explain lack of HT

It can take a user a while to understand why their
NIC that advertises 802.11n support cannot actually
do 802.11n.  Print out a warning in the logs to save
the next poor person to use this NIC some trouble.

Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>
Ben Greear 9 years ago
parent
commit
7fd9852456
1 changed files with 3 additions and 0 deletions
  1. 3 0
      drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/cfg80211.c

+ 3 - 0
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/cfg80211.c

@@ -3796,6 +3796,9 @@ int ath6kl_cfg80211_init(struct ath6kl *ar)
 		ath6kl_band_2ghz.ht_cap.ht_supported = false;
 		ath6kl_band_5ghz.ht_cap.cap = 0;
 		ath6kl_band_5ghz.ht_cap.ht_supported = false;
+
+		if (ht)
+			ath6kl_err("Firmware lacks RSN-CAP-OVERRIDE, so HT (802.11n) is disabled.");
 	}
 
 	if (test_bit(ATH6KL_FW_CAPABILITY_64BIT_RATES,