[PATCH] ath10k: Fix mgmt tx status for 10.4.3 firmware.

Valo, Kalle kvalo at qca.qualcomm.com
Thu Jun 16 06:57:43 PDT 2016


greearb at candelatech.com writes:

> From: Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com>
>
> When testing a 10.4.3 firmware in station mode, I notice that
> when the AP is powered down, the ath10k does not notice AP is gone
> because mgt frames get tx status of 3, which is not handled.
>
> It appears that status 3 means something similar to failed-retry.
>
> Treating it thus lets the station disconnect properly.
>
> Tested against a non-stock 10.4.3 firmware, but likely upstream
> firmware acts similarly in this case.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com>
> ---
>
> This patch is against a heavily patched tree based on 4.4, hopefully
> it can be applied to upstream code w/out too much trouble.
>
> Someone should verify this on stock 10.4-ish firmware before applying.

Has anyone tested this with stock driver and stock firmware?

Full patch here:

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/8460831/

-- 
Kalle Valo


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