[PATCH v5 2/8] ath11k: add support for 6GHz radio in driver

[Wen Gong]

On 2020-09-15 19:16, Wen Gong wrote:
> On 2020-06-03 08:17, Pradeep Kumar Chitrapu wrote:
>> This patch adds 6GHz band support and mac80211 registration for
>> the 6G phy radio.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Pradeep Kumar Chitrapu <pradeepc at codeaurora.org>
>> ---
>> v5:
>>  - do not add ht/vht caps in 6ghz band.
>> v3:
>>  - update 6GHz starting frequency as defined in IEEE P802.11ax/D6.1
>> 
>>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.h |  6 +-
>>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c  | 93 
>> +++++++++++++++++++++-----
>>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/wmi.c  | 16 ++++-
>>  3 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
>> 
> [...]
>> @@ -3482,7 +3494,7 @@ static void ath11k_mac_setup_ht_vht_cap(struct 
>> ath11k *ar,
>>  						    rate_cap_rx_chainmask);
>>  	}
>> 
>> -	if (cap->supported_bands & WMI_HOST_WLAN_5G_CAP) {
>> +	if (cap->supported_bands & WMI_HOST_WLAN_5G_CAP && 
>> !ar->supports_6ghz) {
>>  		band = &ar->mac.sbands[NL80211_BAND_5GHZ];
>>  		ht_cap = cap->band[NL80211_BAND_5GHZ].ht_cap_info;
>>  		if (ht_cap_info)
> After this change, when 6G is support, it removed HT/VHT of 5G band
> from "iw list", when connect to an 11AX AP of 5G, it used non-HT.
> caused together with this commit
> 75e296e9b22aef6fa467523ace87ef623dac1fad(mac80211: simplify and
> improve HT/VHT/HE disable code)
> +       /* disable HT/VHT/HE if we don't support them */
> +       if (!sband->ht_cap.ht_supported) {
> +               ifmgd->flags |= IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_HT;
> +               ifmgd->flags |= IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_VHT;
> +               ifmgd->flags |= IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_HE;
> +       }
> 
> after remove this change in ath11k, it become correct to HE
> iw wls1 station dump:
> rx bitrate:     149.7 MBit/s HE-MCS 6 HE-NSS 2 HE-GI 0 HE-DCM 0
> 
Hi Pradeep Kumar Chitrapu,
For QCA6390, it is single_pdev, the pdev support all 2G/5G/6G,
Is it have 3 pdev/ath11k in your chip for 2G/5G/6G?
And the pdev/ath11k of 6G have WMI_HOST_WLAN_5G_CAP of 
cap->supported_bands?
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