Configuring WiFi6 in hostapd

[Coelho, Luciano]

On Thu, 2020-09-17 at 03:01 +0530, Krishna Chaitanya wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 12, 2020 at 12:56 AM Krishna Chaitanya
> <chaitanya.mgit at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 10:41 PM Johannes Berg
> > <johannes at sipsolutions.net> wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2020-09-11 at 20:37 +0530, Krishna Chaitanya wrote:
> > > 
> > > > > [  228.315290] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: 0x00002078 | ADVANCED_SYSASSERT
> > > > > [  228.315294] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: 0x00A0A200 | trm_hw_status0
> > > > > [  228.315297] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: 0x00000000 | trm_hw_status1
> > > > > [  228.315300] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: 0x004F8E3C | branchlink2
> > > > > [  228.315303] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: 0x004E4FF4 | interruptlink1
> > > > > [  228.315307] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: 0x004E4FF4 | interruptlink2
> > > > > [  228.315310] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: 0x07000101 | data1
> > > > > [  228.315313] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: 0x48308403 | data2
> > > > > [  228.315316] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: 0x00000005 | data3
> > > 
> > > This means that we got an invalid TX rate, notably an HE rate was
> > > requested/configured on a MAC configuration that didn't have HE.
> > > 
> > > I think I saw some patches in this area (configuring the MAC to be HE)
> > > fly by internally recently, but not sure... Luca probably knows.
> > Ah okay. This was reported on 5.4 kernel, do you think is it worth
> > trying on latest iwlwifi-next tree? Or as you are referring to the internal tree
> > the issue is present in the latest as well?
> Hi Luca,
> 
> Can you please take a look? Any help is appreciated.

Hi,

There have been some new patches in this area, but after a quick look I
didn't find anything specific that jumps out.  I'll take a closer look
and let you know if I find anything.

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Cheers,
Luca.