[PATCH 2/2] wifi: mt76: mt7927: use real monitor vifs for dual-band monitors
Sean Wang
sean.wang at kernel.org
Sat Jun 13 15:51:44 PDT 2026
From: Sean Wang <sean.wang at mediatek.com>
MT7927 needs monitor interfaces to be passed to the driver as real vifs
so each monitor interface can be configured with its own band context.
This is required to support concurrent 2 GHz and 5 GHz monitor operation
on the same hw.
Keep the existing virtual monitor behavior for older chips.
Signed-off-by: Sean Wang <sean.wang at mediatek.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt792x_core.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt792x_core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt792x_core.c
index b50825eccdaf..16afc90b7422 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt792x_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt792x_core.c
@@ -724,7 +724,10 @@ int mt792x_init_wiphy(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
ieee80211_hw_set(hw, HAS_RATE_CONTROL);
ieee80211_hw_set(hw, SUPPORTS_TX_ENCAP_OFFLOAD);
ieee80211_hw_set(hw, SUPPORTS_RX_DECAP_OFFLOAD);
- ieee80211_hw_set(hw, WANT_MONITOR_VIF);
+ if (is_mt7927(&dev->mt76))
+ ieee80211_hw_set(hw, NO_VIRTUAL_MONITOR);
+ else
+ ieee80211_hw_set(hw, WANT_MONITOR_VIF);
ieee80211_hw_set(hw, SUPPORTS_PS);
ieee80211_hw_set(hw, SUPPORTS_DYNAMIC_PS);
ieee80211_hw_set(hw, SUPPORTS_VHT_EXT_NSS_BW);
--
2.43.0
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