[PATCH v3 1/1] Revert "wcn36xx: Enable firmware link monitoring"

[Kalle Valo]

Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue at linaro.org> wrote:

> Firmware link offload monitoring can be made to work in 3/4 cases by
> switching on firmware feature bit WLANACTIVE_OFFLOAD
> 
> - Secure power-save on
> - Secure power-save off
> - Open power-save on
> 
> However, with an open AP if we switch off power-saving - thus never
> entering Beacon Mode Power Save - BMPS, firmware never forwards loss
> of beacon upwards.
> 
> We had hoped that WLANACTIVE_OFFLOAD and some fixes for sequence numbers
> would unblock this but, it hasn't and further investigation is required.
> 
> Its possible to have a complete set of Secure power-save on/off and Open
> power-save on/off provided we use Linux' link monitoring mechanism.
> 
> While we debug the Open AP failure we need to fix upstream.
> 
> This reverts commit c973fdad79f6eaf247d48b5fc77733e989eb01e1.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue at linaro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo at codeaurora.org>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

43ea9bd84f27 Revert "wcn36xx: Enable firmware link monitoring"

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