linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] wifi: mwifiex: fix STA cannot connect to AP

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Date:   Mon, 11 Dec 2023 08:47:00 +0100
From:   Francesco Dolcini <francesco@...cini.it>
To:     David Lin <yu-hao.lin@....com>
Cc:     linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        briannorris@...omium.org, kvalo@...nel.org, francesco@...cini.it,
        tsung-hsien.hsieh@....com, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] wifi: mwifiex: fix STA cannot connect to AP

On Sat, Dec 09, 2023 at 07:41:27AM +0800, David Lin wrote:
> AP BSSID configuration is missing at AP start.
> Without this fix, FW returns STA interface MAC address after first init.
> When hostapd restarts, it gets MAC address from netdev before driver
> sets STA MAC to netdev again. Now MAC address between hostapd and net
> interface are different causes STA cannot connect to AP.
> After that MAC address of uap0 mlan0 become the same. And issue
> disappears after following hostapd restart (another issue is AP/STA MAC
> address become the same).
> This patch fixes the issue cleanly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Lin <yu-hao.lin@....com>
> Fixes: 12190c5d80bd ("mwifiex: add cfg80211 start_ap and stop_ap handlers")
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org

Reviewed-by: Francesco Dolcini <francesco.dolcini@...adex.com>

Francesco