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| author | Bjoern A. Zeeb <bz@FreeBSD.org> | 2026-04-26 20:04:46 +0000 |
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| committer | Bjoern A. Zeeb <bz@FreeBSD.org> | 2026-06-05 12:09:22 +0000 |
| commit | a993d281111bef7c760340321e372a7cb6a759a0 (patch) | |
| tree | f128dc8e186a0fd615eafe9eaa14fcffcea4fdca | |
| parent | fb97712a7f13b85ca707f52f206a2944ee66cf2c (diff) | |
LinuxKPI: 802.11: add note about rate control support under boot -v
We currently do not support rate control in LinuxKPI. As more drivers
and chipsets gain suppport for higher throughput add a note under
bootverbose if we hit one of these cases (currently only older iwlwifi
chipsets).
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
MFC after: 3 days
| -rw-r--r-- | sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/src/linux_80211.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/src/linux_80211.c b/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/src/linux_80211.c index 7e55e0912bb1..b6ad148fb587 100644 --- a/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/src/linux_80211.c +++ b/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/src/linux_80211.c @@ -7074,6 +7074,12 @@ linuxkpi_ieee80211_ifattach(struct ieee80211_hw *hw) lkpi_enable_hw_scan(lhw); + /* Does the driver/firmware handle rate countrol? */ + /* Currently only older iwlwifi mvm devices are in this category. */ + if (bootverbose && !ieee80211_hw_check(hw, HAS_RATE_CONTROL)) + ic_printf(ic, "NOTE: rate control not supported by LinuxKPI; " + "expect low rates only\n"); + /* Does HW support Fragmentation offload? */ if (ieee80211_hw_check(hw, SUPPORTS_TX_FRAG)) ic->ic_flags_ext |= IEEE80211_FEXT_FRAG_OFFLOAD; |