[PATCH] ath10k: disable STA KICKOUT in FW

[Marek Puzyniak]

On 9 January 2014 10:09, Yeoh Chun-Yeow <yeohchunyeow at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, Marek
Hi,
>
> Do you mind to share which firmware that you are using?

I am using FW from:
https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware/blob/master/ap/firmware-2.bin_10.1.467-1

> I have tried your patch and this is set accordingly in an the AP (set
> param 13). But once the associated STA is leaving,
> WMI_PEER_STA_KICKOUT_EVENTID is still received.
>
> [  145.060000] ath10k: wmi pdev set param 13 value 0
> .......
> [  148.560000] ath10k: wmi vdev id 0x0 set param 8 value 1
> [  148.560000] ath10k: wmi peer create vdev_id 0 peer_addr 04:f0:21:0c:a5:44
> [  148.560000] ath10k: wmi peer assoc vdev 0 addr 04:f0:21:0c:a5:44
> [  149.040000] ath10k: wmi event debug mesg len 44
> [  209.090000] ath10k: WMI_PEER_STA_KICKOUT_EVENTID
> [  210.090000] ath10k: WMI_PEER_STA_KICKOUT_EVENTID
>
> FYI, I am using firmware version 999.999.0.636
>
> ethtool -i wlan0
> driver: ath10k_pci
> firmware-version: 999.999.0.636
>
> Thanks
>
> Regards,
> Chun-Yeow
Marek
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 6:40 PM, Marek Puzyniak <marek.puzyniak at tieto.com> wrote:
>> On 2 January 2014 13:41, Yeoh Chun-Yeow <yeohchunyeow at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Dec 30, 2013 4:08 PM, "Marek Puzyniak" <marek.puzyniak at tieto.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Currently ath10k is not using STA KICKOUT firmware functionality.
>>>> In order to avoid unwanted FW events this functionality should be
>>>> disabled when not used.
>>>
>>> What are unwanted FW events?
>>
>> WMI_PEER_STA_KICKOUT_EVENT which indicates lack of activity from
>> associated STA for specified period of time.
>>
>>>
>>> ----
>>> Chun-Yeow
>> Marek
>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Marek Puzyniak <marek.puzyniak at tieto.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c | 9 +++++++++
>>>>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
>>>> b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
>>>> index 5b45f3a..93416ab 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
>>>> @@ -2292,11 +2292,20 @@ static int ath10k_add_interface(struct
>>>> ieee80211_hw *hw,
>>>>         }
>>>>
>>>>         if (arvif->vdev_type == WMI_VDEV_TYPE_AP) {
>>>> +               u32 param_id;
>>>> +
>>>>                 ret = ath10k_peer_create(ar, arvif->vdev_id, vif->addr);
>>>>                 if (ret) {
>>>>                         ath10k_warn("Failed to create peer for AP: %d\n",
>>>> ret);
>>>>                         goto err_vdev_delete;
>>>>                 }
>>>> +
>>>> +               param_id = ar->wmi.pdev_param->sta_kickout_th;
>>>> +
>>>> +               /* Disable STA KICKOUT functionality in FW */
>>>> +               ret = ath10k_wmi_pdev_set_param(ar, param_id, 0);
>>>> +               if (ret)
>>>> +                       ath10k_warn("Failed to disable STA KICKOUT\n");
>>>>         }
>>>>
>>>>         if (arvif->vdev_type == WMI_VDEV_TYPE_STA) {
>>>> --
>>>> 1.8.1.2
>>>>
>>>>
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