linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] wifi: rtl8xxxu: toggle P2P for supported devices

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Message-ID: <bde434a6-68b8-4c5f-8ec0-6c41dd1b6558@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 19:01:04 +0300
From: Bitterblue Smith <rtl8821cerfe2@...il.com>
To: Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <yakoyoku@...il.com>,
 linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@...il.com>, Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@...ltek.com>,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: rtl8xxxu: toggle P2P for supported devices

On 25/06/2025 17:25, Martin Rodriguez Reboredo wrote:
> This is a MR to see if rtl8xxxu can be made to support P2P.
> 
> Theoretically this should be handled by mac80211 but it seems that
> drivers may have to take some extra steps depending on which device we
> are talking about. I know that this patch is so basic that it might be
> missing some H2C commands or similar for this to work on Realtek chips
> but I don't have the required knowledge for me to implement it, so if
> you know a place to read about I'll be glad to hear.
> 
> As of now only rtl8192ex devices have their P2P_CLIENT and P2P_GO wiphy
> interface modes ensured because those are the only ones I can test on
> my rtl8192eu card. The rest of chips have them set from what I've seen
> in a cursory Internet search, they might or might not work.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <yakoyoku@...il.com>

So... does it work with your chip? How do we test?