[PATCH v2] wifi: ath10k: add channel 177 for 5 GHz band

[Paweł Owoc]

On Fri, Oct 11, 2024 at 6:51 PM Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson at quicinc.com> wrote:
>
> On 10/8/2024 11:49 PM, Paweł Owoc wrote:> Add support for channel 177 (5885
> MHz ) for the 5 GHz band.
> >
> > Tested-on: qca988x hw2.0 firmware ver 10.2.4-1.0-00047
>
> Can you elaborate on what was tested in your commit text? And more
> importantly, what is the impact on existing devices, especially given that
> existing devices would not have calibration data for this channel in the board
> files? Does the QCA988x board file even have calibration data for this channel?
>
In the case of ath10k we use an external regulatory database.
For the country "US" channels 169, 173 and 177 are marked as NO-IR and
we cannot run AP on them.
Even if channels are not disabled in the board files:
            * 5845.0 MHz [169] (27.0 dBm) (no IR)
            * 5865.0 MHz [173] (27.0 dBm) (no IR)
            * 5885.0 MHz [177] (27.0 dBm) (no IR)

I only tested the use as a client on channel 177:
root at OpenWrt:~# iwinfo phy1 scan
Cell 01 - Address: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
          ESSID: "ch177"
          Mode: Master  Frequency: 5.885 GHz  Band: 5 GHz  Channel: 177
          Signal: -43 dBm  Quality: 67/70
          Encryption: mixed WPA2/WPA3 PSK/SAE (CCMP)
          HT Operation:
                    Primary Channel: 177
                    Secondary Channel Offset: no secondary
                    Channel Width: 20 MHz
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Paweł Owoc <frut3k7 at gmail.com>
> > ---
>
> what is the diff from v1?
> for future reference when you submit a new version of a patch you should
> include a patch changelog after the ---, see:
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html#the-canonical-patch-format
>
There are no differences. My previous patch was deferred. I don't know
exactly how to proceed in such a case.

> >  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h | 4 ++--
> >  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c  | 1 +
> >  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h
> > index 446dca74f06a..3dff8c028526 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h
> > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h
> > @@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
> >  #define WMI_READY_TIMEOUT (5 * HZ)
> >  #define ATH10K_FLUSH_TIMEOUT_HZ (5 * HZ)
> >  #define ATH10K_CONNECTION_LOSS_HZ (3 * HZ)
> > -#define ATH10K_NUM_CHANS 41
> > -#define ATH10K_MAX_5G_CHAN 173
> > +#define ATH10K_NUM_CHANS 42
> > +#define ATH10K_MAX_5G_CHAN 177
> >
> >  /* Antenna noise floor */
> >  #define ATH10K_DEFAULT_NOISE_FLOOR -95
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
> > index 646e1737d4c4..cee6a4d287b5 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
> > @@ -9543,6 +9543,7 @@ static const struct ieee80211_channel ath10k_5ghz_channels[] = {
> >       CHAN5G(165, 5825, 0),
> >       CHAN5G(169, 5845, 0),
> >       CHAN5G(173, 5865, 0),
> > +     CHAN5G(177, 5885, 0),
> >       /* If you add more, you may need to change ATH10K_MAX_5G_CHAN */
> >       /* And you will definitely need to change ATH10K_NUM_CHANS in core.h */
> >  };
>