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[net80211] add support for drivers to disable sending NULL data frames
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Authored by adrian on Aug 31 2025, 3:07 AM.
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Summary

net80211 has various places where null data / null qos data frames
are sent. However plenty of NICs shouldn't be sending them from
net80211 and it may even upset their 802.11n window / sequence number
tracking.

So add support here.

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