[PATCH v8 12/12] wifi: ath11k: discard BSS_CHANGED_TXPOWER when EXT_TPC_REG_SUPPORT for 6 GHz

[Baochen Qiang]

On 12/7/2023 11:31 AM, Aditya Kumar Singh wrote:
> On 12/6/23 11:04, Baochen Qiang wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 12/4/2023 11:53 PM, Aditya Kumar Singh wrote:
>>> On 12/4/23 13:43, Baochen Qiang wrote:
>>>> From: Wen Gong <quic_wgong at quicinc.com>
>>>>
>>>> When station is connected to a 6 GHz AP, it has 2 ways to configure
>>>> the power limit to firmware. The first way is to send 2 WMI commands
>>>> WMI_PDEV_PARAM_TXPOWER_LIMIT2G/WMI_PDEV_PARAM_TXPOWER_LIMIT5G to
>>>> firmware, the second way is to send WMI_VDEV_SET_TPC_POWER_CMDID to
>>>> firmware which include more parameters for power control.
>>>>
>>>> When firmware support SERVICE_EXT_TPC_REG, it means firmware support
>>>> the second way for WMI_VDEV_SET_TPC_POWER_CMDID, then ath11k discard
>>>> BSS_CHANGED_TXPOWER flag from mac80211 which is used to the first way
>>>> for 6 GHz band and select the second way.
>>>>
>>>> Tested-on: WCN6855 hw2.0 PCI 
>>>> WLAN.HSP.1.1-03125-QCAHSPSWPL_V1_V2_SILICONZ_LITE-3.6510.23
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Wen Gong <quic_wgong at quicinc.com>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Baochen Qiang <quic_bqiang at quicinc.com>
>>>> ---
>>> ...snip...
>>>> @@ -3596,9 +3608,13 @@ static void 
>>>> ath11k_mac_op_bss_info_changed(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
>>>>       if (changed & BSS_CHANGED_TXPOWER) {
>>>>           ath11k_dbg(ar->ab, ATH11K_DBG_MAC, "vdev_id %i txpower %d\n",
>>>>                  arvif->vdev_id, info->txpower);
>>>> -
>>>> -        arvif->txpower = info->txpower;
>>>> -        ath11k_mac_txpower_recalc(ar);
>>>> +        if (ath11k_mac_supports_station_tpc(ar, arvif, 
>>>> &info->chandef)) {
>>>> +            ath11k_dbg(ar->ab, ATH11K_DBG_MAC,
>>>> +                   "discard tx power, change to set TPC power\n");
>>>> +        } else {
>>>> +            arvif->txpower = info->txpower;
>>>> +            ath11k_mac_txpower_recalc(ar);
>>>> +        }
>>>
>>> Could you check v6 once? I remember Wen told he would drop this check 
>>> and let FW take the min value. If we do like this, then user could 
>>> not set his own desired value even if that is well inside the reg 
>>> limits.
>> I did notice this comment in V6, but came out of a different opinion: 
>> it is OK to discard the TX power here, because that will be sent to 
>> firmware using WMI_VDEV_SET_TPC_POWER_CMDID command in another patch. 
>> Please correct me if wrong.
> Yeah that is correct but applies only during initial bring up. What if 
> after client gets connected and user still wants to lower power level by 
> giving command "iw wlanX set txpower fixed 1000" something like this? 
> This time again it will be ignored but it won't be sent to FW.
Exactly, will drop this patch in V9.
>