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

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Bjoern A. Zeeb

2026-04-26 20:04:46 +00:00

parent fb97712a7f

commit a993d28111

1 changed files with 6 additions and 0 deletions

									
										sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/src/linux_80211.c
									
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				@@ -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;