mac80211: allow bigger A-MSDU sizes in VHT, even if HT is limited

Improves tx throughput when connecting to some APs (e.g. Asus RT-AC88U)

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>

diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/subsys/330-mac80211-allow-bigger-A-MSDU-sizes-in-VHT-even-if-HT.patch b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/subsys/330-mac80211-allow-bigger-A-MSDU-sizes-in-VHT-even-if-HT.patch
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+From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
+Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 18:43:46 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: allow bigger A-MSDU sizes in VHT, even if HT is
+ limited
+
+Some APs (e.g. Asus RT-AC88U) have been observed to report an HT MSDU size
+limit of 3839 and a VHT limit of 7991. These APs can handle bigger frames
+than 3839 bytes just fine, so we should remove the VHT limit based on the
+HT capabilities. This improves tx throughput.
+
+Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
+---
+
+--- a/net/mac80211/vht.c
++++ b/net/mac80211/vht.c
+@@ -315,10 +315,6 @@ ieee80211_vht_cap_ie_to_sta_vht_cap(stru
+ 
+       sta->sta.bandwidth = ieee80211_sta_cur_vht_bw(sta);
+ 
+-      /* If HT IE reported 3839 bytes only, stay with that size. */
+-      if (sta->sta.max_amsdu_len == IEEE80211_MAX_MPDU_LEN_HT_3839)
+-              return;
+-
+       switch (vht_cap->cap & IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_MAX_MPDU_MASK) {
+       case IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_MAX_MPDU_LENGTH_11454:
+               sta->sta.max_amsdu_len = IEEE80211_MAX_MPDU_LEN_VHT_11454;