linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.14 324/849] Revert "wcn36xx: Enable firmware link monitoring"

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Date:   Mon, 15 Nov 2021 17:56:47 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Bryan ODonoghue <bryan.odonoghue@...aro.org>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.14 324/849] Revert "wcn36xx: Enable firmware link monitoring"

From: Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue@...aro.org>

[ Upstream commit 43ea9bd84f27d06482cc823d9749cc9dd2993bc8 ]

Firmware link offload monitoring can be made to work in 3/4 cases by
switching on firmware feature bit WLANACTIVE_OFFLOAD

- Secure power-save on
- Secure power-save off
- Open power-save on

However, with an open AP if we switch off power-saving - thus never
entering Beacon Mode Power Save - BMPS, firmware never forwards loss
of beacon upwards.

We had hoped that WLANACTIVE_OFFLOAD and some fixes for sequence numbers
would unblock this but, it hasn't and further investigation is required.

Its possible to have a complete set of Secure power-save on/off and Open
power-save on/off provided we use Linux' link monitoring mechanism.

While we debug the Open AP failure we need to fix upstream.

This reverts commit c973fdad79f6eaf247d48b5fc77733e989eb01e1.

Signed-off-by: Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue@...aro.org>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211025093037.3966022-2-bryan.odonoghue@linaro.org
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/main.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/main.c
index f98b44c257c61..e42090cb964a8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/main.c
@@ -1341,7 +1341,6 @@ static int wcn36xx_init_ieee80211(struct wcn36xx *wcn)
 	ieee80211_hw_set(wcn->hw, HAS_RATE_CONTROL);
 	ieee80211_hw_set(wcn->hw, SINGLE_SCAN_ON_ALL_BANDS);
 	ieee80211_hw_set(wcn->hw, REPORTS_TX_ACK_STATUS);
-	ieee80211_hw_set(wcn->hw, CONNECTION_MONITOR);
 
 	wcn->hw->wiphy->interface_modes = BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION) |
 		BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_AP) |
-- 
2.33.0