From 711a9c018ad252b2807f85d44e1267b595644f9b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rio Liu Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:57:13 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] wifi: mac80211: skip ieee80211_verify_sta_ht_mcs_support check in non-strict mode Some Xfinity XB8 firmware advertises >1 spatial stream MCS indexes in their basic HT-MCS set. On cards with lower spatial streams, the check would fail, and we'd be stuck with no HT when in fact work fine with its own supported rate. This change makes it so the check is only performed in strict mode. Fixes: 574faa0e936d ("wifi: mac80211: add HT and VHT basic set verification") Signed-off-by: Rio Liu Link: https://patch.msgid.link/99Mv9QEceyPrQhSP52MtAVmz0_kWJmzqotJjD9YW6LGLqk-AZloAueUyHCURilFkuqOh6Ecv8i2KKdSE1ujP3AnbU5QEouVisT1w_V3xdfc=@r26.me Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg --- net/mac80211/mlme.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c index 160ae65a5c64..298ebff6bbf8 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c +++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c @@ -437,6 +437,15 @@ ieee80211_verify_sta_ht_mcs_support(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, memcpy(&sta_ht_cap, &sband->ht_cap, sizeof(sta_ht_cap)); ieee80211_apply_htcap_overrides(sdata, &sta_ht_cap); + /* + * Some Xfinity XB8 firmware advertises >1 spatial stream MCS indexes in + * their basic HT-MCS set. On cards with lower spatial streams, the check + * would fail, and we'd be stuck with no HT when it in fact work fine with + * its own supported rate. So check it only in strict mode. + */ + if (!ieee80211_hw_check(&sdata->local->hw, STRICT)) + return true; + /* * P802.11REVme/D7.0 - 6.5.4.2.4 * ...