Antonio Quartulli <[email protected]> writes: > Hi, > > On 18/10/2017 02:03, [email protected] wrote: >> From: Ben Greear <[email protected]> >> >> This bug appears to have been added between 4.0 (which works for us), >> and 4.4, which does not work. >> >> I think this is because the tx-offchannel logic gets in a loop when >> ath10k_mac_tx_frm_has_freq(ar) is false, so pkt is never actually >> sent to the firmware for transmit. >> >> This patch fixes the problem on 4.9 for me, and now HS20 clients >> can work again with my firmware. >> >> Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <[email protected]> > > I have been struggling to send offchannels mgmt frames since a while, as > I was always getting: > > [18099.253732] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: timed out waiting for offchannel > skb cf0e3780 > [18102.293686] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: timed out waiting for offchannel > skb cf0e3780 > [18105.333653] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: timed out waiting for offchannel > skb cf0e3780 > [18108.373712] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: timed out waiting for offchannel > skb cf0e3780 > [18111.413687] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: timed out waiting for offchannel > skb cf0e36c0 > [18114.453726] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: timed out waiting for offchannel > skb cf0e3f00 > [18117.493773] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: timed out waiting for offchannel > skb cf0e36c0 > [18120.533631] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: timed out waiting for offchannel > skb cf0e3f00 > > After digging through the ath10k patchwork I have found this patch which > touches exactly the code I was trying to debug. > > After applying this set of changes, I can confirm that sending > offchannel frames works again like a charm. > > I have tested only one fw though: ver 10.4-3.5.3-00057. > > It's a bummer that this trivial but critical patch is not yet merged > upstream :-(
Ben has it's own firmware and own hacks in kernel so I can't apply them without testing, and it's just very difficult for me to find time to test anything right now. > Tested-by: Antonio Quartulli <[email protected]> Thanks! What hardware did you test this? I'll add that to the commit log. The patch also had some conflicts which I fixed in the pending branch, please check: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvalo/ath.git/commit/?h=pending&id=bdc657dd0c0cb7163fcf39b94e664e3d9409140e -- https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
