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net80211: fix ff_approx_txtime() to handle VHT rates

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net80211: fix ff_approx_txtime() to handle VHT rates

The fast frames / A-MSDU aggregation code is calculating whether to
aggregate frames based on transmit time, which requires a frame length
calculation. Unfortunately this is another place where VHT rates
started showing up but weren't being handled.

This only shows up if IEEE80211_SUPPORT_SUPERG is enabled, which
isn't enabled by default (which means there's also no net80211
software driven A-MSDU assembly.)

So:

  • Fetch the rate type
  • Handle HT, LEGACY, VHT and UNDEFINED
  • default UNDEFINED to 4ms, which should avoid the FF/A-MSDU aggregation
  • default VHT to 1ms, to allow SOME possible A-MSDU aggregation where possible.

There needs to be a bit more work done on HT/VHT for doing A-MSDU
with and without A-MPDU running, as that drastically changes the
math.

Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D49766

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adrianAuthored on Apr 10 2025, 8:27 PM
Differential Revision
D49766: net80211: fix ff_approx_txtime() to handle VHT rates
Parents
rG363846a7e31b: net80211: fix VHT80/VHT160 transmit width checks
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