From: Shahar Tzarfati HE ER mode (~3 Mbps) provides marginal range benefit over legacy rates, while effective coverage remains constrained by beacon reception. In addition, ~3 Mbps is insufficient for laptop connectivity. Furthermore, any range benefit in 5 and 6 GHz is more easily achieved by roaming to 2.4 GHz, while avoiding degrading 5 and 6 GHz aggregate network capacity with low-rate links. Therefore, disable HE ER mode. Signed-off-by: Shahar Tzarfati Signed-off-by: Miri Korenblit --- drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-nvm-parse.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-nvm-parse.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-nvm-parse.c index 6bb27d7f1166..413dd55115f8 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-nvm-parse.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-nvm-parse.c @@ -612,7 +612,6 @@ static const struct ieee80211_sband_iftype_data iwl_iftype_cap[] = { IEEE80211_HE_PHY_CAP7_POWER_BOOST_FACTOR_SUPP | IEEE80211_HE_PHY_CAP7_HE_SU_MU_PPDU_4XLTF_AND_08_US_GI, .phy_cap_info[8] = - IEEE80211_HE_PHY_CAP8_HE_ER_SU_PPDU_4XLTF_AND_08_US_GI | IEEE80211_HE_PHY_CAP8_20MHZ_IN_40MHZ_HE_PPDU_IN_2G | IEEE80211_HE_PHY_CAP8_20MHZ_IN_160MHZ_HE_PPDU | IEEE80211_HE_PHY_CAP8_80MHZ_IN_160MHZ_HE_PPDU | @@ -747,7 +746,6 @@ static const struct ieee80211_sband_iftype_data iwl_iftype_cap[] = { .phy_cap_info[7] = IEEE80211_HE_PHY_CAP7_HE_SU_MU_PPDU_4XLTF_AND_08_US_GI, .phy_cap_info[8] = - IEEE80211_HE_PHY_CAP8_HE_ER_SU_PPDU_4XLTF_AND_08_US_GI | IEEE80211_HE_PHY_CAP8_DCM_MAX_RU_242, .phy_cap_info[9] = IEEE80211_HE_PHY_CAP9_TX_1024_QAM_LESS_THAN_242_TONE_RU | -- 2.34.1