linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ath9k: Handle txpower changes even when TPC is disabled

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Date:   Wed, 11 Mar 2020 16:53:30 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Remi Pommarel <repk@...plefau.lt>
Cc:     Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@...nel.org>,
        QCA ath9k Development <ath9k-devel@....qualcomm.com>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Remi Pommarel <repk@...plefau.lt>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath9k: Handle txpower changes even when TPC is disabled

Remi Pommarel <repk@...plefau.lt> wrote:

> When TPC is disabled IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_POWER event can be handled to
> reconfigure HW's maximum txpower.
> 
> This fixes 0dBm txpower setting when user attaches to an interface for
> the first time with the following scenario:
> 
> ieee80211_do_open()
>     ath9k_add_interface()
>         ath9k_set_txpower() /* Set TX power with not yet initialized
>                                sc->hw->conf.power_level */
> 
>     ieee80211_hw_config() /* Iniatilize sc->hw->conf.power_level and
>                              raise IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_POWER */
> 
>     ath9k_config() /* IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_POWER is ignored */
> 
> This issue can be reproduced with the following:
> 
>   $ modprobe -r ath9k
>   $ modprobe ath9k
>   $ wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -c /tmp/wpa.conf &
>   $ iw dev /* Here TX power is either 0 or 3 depending on RF chain */
>   $ killall wpa_supplicant
>   $ iw dev /* TX power goes back to calibrated value and subsequent
>               calls will be fine */
> 
> Fixes: 283dd11994cde ("ath9k: add per-vif TX power capability")
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Remi Pommarel <repk@...plefau.lt>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

968ae2caad07 ath9k: Handle txpower changes even when TPC is disabled

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11413917/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches