[PATCH v3] wifi: ath11k: fix txpower in ap mode for 6 Ghz

Sebastian Gottschall s.gottschall at dd-wrt.com
Thu May 14 13:27:50 PDT 2026


there is an issue which has been discovered a while ago while testing
which killed txpower to 0 dBm once scanning is triggered in AP mode
on QCN9074 based chipsets if 6 GHz is in use.
ath11k_wmi_send_vdev_set_tpc_power must be set in AP mode in the same
way is it is for STA as it is implemented in ath12k and in the
qsdk version for ath11k.
this patch must be considered to be backported (i discovered that issue
already 2 years ago)

fixes: 74ef2d05ede63fd6416aa635aa8972dff901325f
(wifi: ath11k: use WMI_VDEV_SET_TPC_POWER_CMDID when EXT_TPC_REG_SUPPORT for 6 GHz)

changes:
v2: code formating fixes, take care about LPI setting in AP mode
v3: fix typo in email annotation

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Gottschall <s.gottschall at dd-wrt.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c | 21 ++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c
index a48b6bf1f29a..0984c3981ee4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c
@@ -3497,13 +3497,13 @@ static int ath11k_mac_config_obss_pd(struct ath11k *ar,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static bool ath11k_mac_supports_station_tpc(struct ath11k *ar,
-					    struct ath11k_vif *arvif,
-					    const struct cfg80211_chan_def *chandef)
+static bool ath11k_mac_supports_tpc(struct ath11k *ar, struct ath11k_vif *arvif,
+				    const struct cfg80211_chan_def *chandef)
 {
 	return ath11k_wmi_supports_6ghz_cc_ext(ar) &&
 		test_bit(WMI_TLV_SERVICE_EXT_TPC_REG_SUPPORT, ar->ab->wmi_ab.svc_map) &&
-		arvif->vdev_type == WMI_VDEV_TYPE_STA &&
+		(arvif->vdev_type == WMI_VDEV_TYPE_STA ||
+		arvif->vdev_type == WMI_VDEV_TYPE_AP) &&
 		arvif->vdev_subtype == WMI_VDEV_SUBTYPE_NONE &&
 		chandef->chan &&
 		chandef->chan->band == NL80211_BAND_6GHZ;
@@ -7647,8 +7647,8 @@ ath11k_mac_vdev_start_restart(struct ath11k_vif *arvif,
 	/* TODO: For now we only set TPC power here. However when
 	 * channel changes, say CSA, it should be updated again.
 	 */
-	if (ath11k_mac_supports_station_tpc(ar, arvif, chandef)) {
-		ath11k_mac_fill_reg_tpc_info(ar, arvif->vif, &arvif->chanctx);
+	if (ath11k_mac_supports_tpc(ar, arvif, chandef)) {
+		ath11k_mac_fill_reg_tpc_info(ar, arvif->vif, ctx);
 		ath11k_wmi_send_vdev_set_tpc_power(ar, arvif->vdev_id,
 						   &arvif->reg_tpc_info);
 	}
@@ -8155,6 +8155,7 @@ void ath11k_mac_fill_reg_tpc_info(struct ath11k *ar,
 		psd_power, tx_power;
 	s8 eirp_power = 0;
 	u16 start_freq, center_freq;
+	u8 reg_6ghz_power_mode;
 
 	chan = ctx->def.chan;
 	start_freq = ath11k_mac_get_6ghz_start_frequency(&ctx->def);
@@ -8311,8 +8312,14 @@ void ath11k_mac_fill_reg_tpc_info(struct ath11k *ar,
 	reg_tpc_info->num_pwr_levels = num_pwr_levels;
 	reg_tpc_info->is_psd_power = is_psd_power;
 	reg_tpc_info->eirp_power = eirp_power;
+	if (arvif->vdev_type == WMI_VDEV_TYPE_STA)
+		reg_6ghz_power_mode = vif->bss_conf.power_type;
+	else
+		/* For now, LPI is the only supported AP power mode */
+		reg_6ghz_power_mode = IEEE80211_REG_LPI_AP;
+
 	reg_tpc_info->ap_power_type =
-		ath11k_reg_ap_pwr_convert(vif->bss_conf.power_type);
+		ath11k_reg_ap_pwr_convert(reg_6ghz_power_mode);
 }
 
 static void ath11k_mac_parse_tx_pwr_env(struct ath11k *ar,
-- 
2.51.0




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