linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] brcmfmac: fix RSSI report in AP mode

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Message-ID: <87a5dnv82s.fsf@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 13:58:19 +0200
From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
To: Alex Shumsky <alexthreed@...il.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,  Alexey Berezhok <a@...repo.ru>,  Alvin
 Šipraga <ALSI@...g-olufsen.dk>,  Arend van Spriel
 <arend.vanspriel@...adcom.com>,  Hector Martin <marcan@...can.st>,  Janne
 Grunau <j@...nau.net>,  Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>,  Neal Gompa
 <neal@...pa.dev>,  Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>,
  brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@...adcom.com,  brcm80211@...ts.linux.dev,
  linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] brcmfmac: fix RSSI report in AP mode

Alex Shumsky <alexthreed@...il.com> writes:

> After commit 9a1590934d9a ("brcmfmac: correctly report average RSSI in
> station info") it is required from firmware to provide rx_lastpkt_rssi.
> If this field is not provided brcmfmac doesn't report any RSSI at all.
> Unfortunately some firmwares doesn't provide it. One example is firmware
> for BCM43455 found in Raspbberry Pi.
> See https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/4574
>
> Fix it by falling back to rssi field if rx_lastpkt_rssi is not provided
> (like it was before 9a1590934d9a).
>
> Fixes: 9a1590934d9a ("brcmfmac: correctly report average RSSI in station info")
> Signed-off-by: Alex Shumsky <alexthreed@...il.com>

'wifi:' missing but I can add it, no need to resend because of this.

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