ath10k: firmware crash in station mode & problem DFS

[Ben Greear]

On 05/28/2014 08:25 AM, Vu Hai NGUYEN wrote:
>> This is set base on what driver/mac80211/cfg80211 report - function
>> wpa_driver_nl80211_capa().
>> With ath10k and new mac80211 this should be never set. So, seems you still
>> have old/wrong modules and system build/configuration problem?
>> Check cfg80211.ko/mac80211.ko ... and/or add some prints to driver_nl80211.c
> 
> Problem solved. I looked in the driver_nl80211.c and found that use_monitor relied on "poll_command_supported" and "data_tx_status". I printed these 2 parameters and saw that data_tx_status=0, it depends on NL80211_FEATURE_SK_TX_STATUS and this parameter was affected to the flags of wiphy->features, defined in /net/mac80211/main.c.I find this parameter was set = 0 in /backport-include/linux/nl80211.h
> That's why montior mode was forced to used with AP mode. I set that parameter = 1 and no more monitor interface in AP mode, my AP work in DFS mode now.
> I'll write a mail to backport mail list to ask them why do they set that parameter=0. 

So, did my firmware actually fix something, or was the problem just with the
backports and how you were using the official firmware?

> 
> I get another question: There a conflict of information about HT40+ and HT40- in hostapd and ht40allow_map (fromdebugfs). 
> In the hostapd.conf example file:
> #      Note: There are limits on which channels can be used with HT40- and
> #	HT40+. Following table shows the channels that may be available for
> #	HT40- and HT40+ use per IEEE 802.11n Annex J:
> #	freq		HT40-		HT40+
> #	5 GHz	40,48,56,64	36,44,52,60   
> It means the channel 48 is not available in HT40+. But the info from ht40allow_map said that channel 5240 Mhz (ie 48) is available in both 40+ and 40-.
> If I set ht-capab=[HT40+] and channel=48, hostapd can not setup AP mode.
> And the channel 140 can not be set neither in bandwidth 40+ nor 40- even my "iw list' show that channel 140 is available. 
> Is there a problem with ht40allow_map?

I'm not sure about any of this...might want to look at the hostapd code or log messages
to see why it fails to start.

Thanks,
Ben


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