return wlvif->session_counter;
 }
 
+static u8 wlcore_get_native_channel_type(u8 nl_channel_type)
+{
+       switch (nl_channel_type) {
+       case NL80211_CHAN_NO_HT:
+               return WLCORE_CHAN_NO_HT;
+       case NL80211_CHAN_HT20:
+               return WLCORE_CHAN_HT20;
+       case NL80211_CHAN_HT40MINUS:
+               return WLCORE_CHAN_HT40MINUS;
+       case NL80211_CHAN_HT40PLUS:
+               return WLCORE_CHAN_HT40PLUS;
+       default:
+               WARN_ON(1);
+               return WLCORE_CHAN_NO_HT;
+       }
+}
+
 static int wl12xx_cmd_role_start_dev(struct wl1271 *wl,
                                     struct wl12xx_vif *wlvif)
 {
        memcpy(cmd->sta.ssid, wlvif->ssid, wlvif->ssid_len);
        memcpy(cmd->sta.bssid, vif->bss_conf.bssid, ETH_ALEN);
        cmd->sta.local_rates = cpu_to_le32(wlvif->rate_set);
+       cmd->channel_type = wlcore_get_native_channel_type(wlvif->channel_type);
 
        if (wlvif->sta.hlid == WL12XX_INVALID_LINK_ID) {
                ret = wl12xx_allocate_link(wl, wlvif, &wlvif->sta.hlid);
        /* FIXME: Change when adding DFS */
        cmd->ap.reset_tsf = 1;  /* By default reset AP TSF */
        cmd->channel = wlvif->channel;
+       cmd->channel_type = wlcore_get_native_channel_type(wlvif->channel_type);
 
        if (!bss_conf->hidden_ssid) {
                /* take the SSID from the beacon for backward compatibility */
 
        WLCORE_BAND_MAX_RADIO           = 0x7F,
 };
 
+enum wlcore_channel_type {
+       WLCORE_CHAN_NO_HT,
+       WLCORE_CHAN_HT20,
+       WLCORE_CHAN_HT40MINUS,
+       WLCORE_CHAN_HT40PLUS
+};
+
 struct wl12xx_cmd_role_start {
        struct wl1271_cmd_header header;
 
        u8 role_id;
        u8 band;
        u8 channel;
-       u8 padding;
+
+       /* enum wlcore_channel_type */
+       u8 channel_type;
 
        union {
                struct {