On Friday, 12 December 2025 22:17:12 Central European Standard Time Karel Balej wrote: > Duje Mihanović, 2025-12-12T15:55:48+01:00: > > On 12/12/25 09:36, Karel Balej wrote: > >> Not having any board schematics, I don't really know what exactly the > >> regulator's purpose is. As I mentioned in the commit message, the > >> communication with the chipset seems to work even if this is disabled > >> (e. g. FW loads, networks can be scanned for,...) which doesn't seem > >> like it should be the case if this was a main power supply for the bus, > >> only actual connecting to networks doesn't work (gives > >> CONNECT_ERR_ASSOC_ERR_TIMEOUT errors). > > > > To me, this strongly suggests that the regulator powers the WiFi > > transmitter or at least a part of it (such as the RF amp). > > Something like this occurred to me too but would the chip even see the > networks if this was the case? Although you are right that it could only > power some specific part of the radio.
AFAIK you don't need the transmitter to capture and parse beacon frames. Of course, connecting to networks is a completely different story. Regards, -- Duje
