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iwlwifi: mvm: add beamformer support
authorEyal Shapira <eyal@wizery.com>
Fri, 16 Jan 2015 20:37:04 +0000 (22:37 +0200)
committerEmmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Sun, 1 Feb 2015 13:39:19 +0000 (15:39 +0200)
commit3d44eebf773950dd2e24ad7ac786b589d6522d67
tree53fd31f800b45ae4de1a2bdfbd66e462ff4c53a9
parente885c58bf88248a7e033749f532c3718442de22a
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>
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-fw-file.h
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/fw-api-rs.h
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/rs.c
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/rs.h