[PATCH] ath11k: enable IEEE80211_HW_SINGLE_SCAN_ON_ALL_BANDS for WCN6855

[Kalle Valo]

Wen Gong <quic_wgong at quicinc.com> wrote:

> Currently mac80211 will send 3 scan request for each scan of WCN6855,
> they are 2.4 GHz/5 GHz/6 GHz band scan. Firmware of WCN6855 will
> cache the RNR IE(Reduced Neighbor Report element) which exist in the
> beacon of 2.4 GHz/5 GHz of the AP which is co-located with 6 GHz,
> and then use the cache to scan in 6 GHz band scan if the 6 GHz scan
> is in the same scan with the 2.4 GHz/5 GHz band, this will helpful to
> search more AP of 6 GHz. Also it will decrease the time cost of scan
> because firmware will use dual-band scan for the 2.4 GHz/5 GHz, it
> means the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz scans are doing simultaneously.
> 
> Set the flag IEEE80211_HW_SINGLE_SCAN_ON_ALL_BANDS for WCN6855 since
> it supports 2.4 GHz/5 GHz/6 GHz and it is single pdev which means
> all the 2.4 GHz/5 GHz/6 GHz exist in the same wiphy/ieee80211_hw.
> 
> Tested-on: WCN6855 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HSP.1.1-01720.1-QCAHSPSWPL_V1_V2_SILICONZ_LITE-1
> 
> Tested-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven at narfation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Wen Gong <quic_wgong at quicinc.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo at quicinc.com>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

9f6da09a5f6a ath11k: enable IEEE80211_HW_SINGLE_SCAN_ON_ALL_BANDS for WCN6855

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