For what is actually applied to the kernel they are slightly different but would result in very similar behavior. git.kernel.org; memcpy(&sta_ht_cap, &sband->ht_cap, sizeof(sta_ht_cap)); ieee80211_apply_htcap_overrides(sdata, &sta_ht_cap); + /* + * Some Xfinity XB8 firmware advertises >1 spatial stream MCS indexes in + * their basic HT-MCS set. On cards with lower spatial streams, the check + * would fail, and we'd be stuck with no HT when it in fact work fine with + * its own support...