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[net80211] announce 11n capabilities in probe requests in IBSS mode.

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[net80211] announce 11n capabilities in probe requests in IBSS mode.

The 802.11-2012 specification notes that a subset of IEs should be present
in IBSS probe requests. This is what (initially) allows nodes to discover
that other nodes are 11n capable. Notably - HTCAP, but not HTINFO.

This isn't everything required to reliably enable 11n between net80211
peers; there's more work to come.

Tested:

  • AR9380, IBSS+11n mode

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