Re: git: 6a15fd92392c - main - linuxkpi: add WLAN_EID_HT_OPERATION to ieee80211_eid

On Tue, 11 Aug 2026, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:

>  Bjoern,
>
> On Fri, Aug 07, 2026 at 10:15:06PM +0000, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:
> B> > The branch main has been updated by glebius:
> B> >
> B> > URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=6a15fd92392cfda1e0b7608e1a4a08509bc796f3
> B> >
> B> > commit 6a15fd92392cfda1e0b7608e1a4a08509bc796f3
> B> > Author:     Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>
> B> > AuthorDate: 2026-08-06 05:59:20 +0000
> B> > Commit:     Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>
> B> > CommitDate: 2026-08-07 21:12:57 +0000
> B> >
> B> >    linuxkpi: add WLAN_EID_HT_OPERATION to ieee80211_eid
> B>
> B> The gernal line I try to use starts with LinuxKPI: 802.11: ...
>
> Sorry.  I usually try to check git log for most common pattern, but sometimes
> fail to recognize one.  Will do better next time.
>
> B>
> B> >    It matches our IEEE80211_ELEMID_HTINFO, that is already in use.
> B> >
> B> >    Found with:     clang -Werror=assign-enum
> B>
> B> Sorry, what was the error for this?
> B> I am confused as to how/where this shows up?
>
> Somewhere else in the code there is a place where a variable of Linux's type
> enum ieee80211_eid is assigned FreeBSD's enum value IEEE80211_ELEMID_HTINFO.
> Since this value is not on the Linux's enum, that would fail with
> -Werror=assign-enum.

Oh, it's passed as a value to a function argument of the enum.  I was confused
by the "assigned".  Now that there is a Linux[KPI] name I should change that
function to use that as well.

Thanks for the etxra explanation.

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Bjoern A. Zeeb                                                     r15:7