[PATCH] wcn36xx: turn off probe response offloading

Subsystems: atheros ath generic utilities, qualcomm wcn36xx wireless driver, the rest

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2 messages, 2 authors, 2018-03-29 · open the first message on its own page

[PATCH] wcn36xx: turn off probe response offloading

From: Ramon Fried <hidden>
Date: 2018-03-14 12:29:44

It appears that the WCN36xx firmware doesn't actually respond to
probe requests. Until it's resolved, switch the probe response
responsibility to the 802.11 layer to allow creation of
hidden SSID AP's.

Signed-off-by: Ramon Fried <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/main.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/main.c
index ab5be6d2c691..9d8c177ac7e1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/main.c
@@ -1155,8 +1155,6 @@ static int wcn36xx_init_ieee80211(struct wcn36xx *wcn)
 	wcn->hw->wiphy->cipher_suites = cipher_suites;
 	wcn->hw->wiphy->n_cipher_suites = ARRAY_SIZE(cipher_suites);
 
-	wcn->hw->wiphy->flags |= WIPHY_FLAG_AP_PROBE_RESP_OFFLOAD;
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM
 	wcn->hw->wiphy->wowlan = &wowlan_support;
 #endif
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Re: wcn36xx: turn off probe response offloading

From: Kalle Valo <hidden>
Date: 2018-03-29 08:56:38

Ramon Fried [off-list ref] wrote:
It appears that the WCN36xx firmware doesn't actually respond to
probe requests. Until it's resolved, switch the probe response
responsibility to the 802.11 layer to allow creation of
hidden SSID AP's.

Signed-off-by: Ramon Fried <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <redacted>
Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

ee35eecb0822 wcn36xx: turn off probe response offloading

-- 
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10282035/

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