[PATCH 2/2] wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: disable MLO for the time being

[Kalle Valo]

Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson at quicinc.com> writes:

> On 3/14/2024 9:39 AM, Kalle Valo wrote:
>> Johannes Berg <johannes at sipsolutions.net> writes:
>> 
>>> On Thu, 2024-03-14 at 18:08 +0200, Kalle Valo wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> -		hw->wiphy->flags |= WIPHY_FLAG_SUPPORTS_MLO;
>>>>> +		hw->wiphy->flags |= WIPHY_FLAG_DISABLE_WEXT;
>>>>
>>>> I think we should add the same for ath12k, right?
>>>>
>>>
>>> It's really up to you, I think. I'm hoping to even get this into stable,
>>> FWIW.
>> 
>> ath12k doesn't support MLO yet but I feel that disabling wext already
>> now would be consistent from user's point of view.
>
> Now that I understand what this is doing I completely agree. We should prevent
> the use of wext with ath12k.

And thinking more about this I think it would be good that other drivers
supporting Wi-Fi 7 hardware do the same until they also support MLO. Of
course Wi-Fi 6 and older hardware should still support wext,
unfortunately :/

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