wcn7850 issues

david Atkins david at 3adesign.co.uk
Fri Aug 16 05:23:28 PDT 2024


> On 8/15/2024 4:38 AM, david Atkins wrote:
> >>
> >> On 8/6/2024 4:06 PM, david Atkins wrote:
> >>> No support for EHT and therefore no MSC 12 or 13 which fits with the
> >>> dmesg warning about it not being supported,
> >> did not noted this ... So if AP does not support EHT, above warnings
> >> makes sense, like you said.
> >>
> >
> > Anseres inline, AP supports EHT
> >
> >> is this a card firmware
> >>> issue rather than the driver?
> >> did not follow you here, why is it an issue?
> >>
> >
> > Is the firmware that’s uploaded to the card not supporting EHT?
> >
> FW does support EHT.
> 
> You are checking scan results, so it is AP not advertising EHT support (actually
> AP supports EHT, it is missing in scan results because IW does not print it. I
> don't know your IW, but at least upstream IW does not print it currently), not
> WCN7850.


I have captured beacon packets from the AP, they show the presence of EHT, this is a snip from the packet decoded, is there something here that would prevent the Hamilton card seeing eht?

        Ext Tag: EHT Capabilities (802.11be D3.0)
            Ext Tag length: 14 (Tag len: 15)
            Ext Tag Number: EHT Capabilities (802.11be D3.0) (108)
            EHT MAC Capabilities Information: 0x0017, EPCS Priority Access Support, EHT OM Control Support, Triggered TXOP Sharing Mode 1 Support, Restricted TWT Support, Maximum MPDU Length: 3 895, EHT Link Adaptation Support: No feedback
                .... .... .... ...1 = EPCS Priority Access Support: Supported
                .... .... .... ..1. = EHT OM Control Support: Supported
                .... .... .... .1.. = Triggered TXOP Sharing Mode 1 Support: Supported
                .... .... .... 0... = Triggered TXOP Sharing Mode 2 Support: Not supported
                .... .... ...1 .... = Restricted TWT Support: Supported
                .... .... ..0. .... = SCS Traffic Description Support: Not supported
                .... .... 00.. .... = Maximum MPDU Length: 3 895 (0x0)
                .... ...0 .... .... = Maximum A-MPDU Length Exponent Extension: 0
                .... ..0. .... .... = EHT TRS Support: Not supported
                .... .0.. .... .... = TXOP Return Support In TXOP Sharing Mode 2: Not supported
                .... 0... .... .... = Two BQRs Support: Not supported
                ..00 .... .... .... = EHT Link Adaptation Support: No feedback (0)
                00.. .... .... .... = Reserved: 0x0
            EHT PHY Capabilities Information
                EHT PHY Bits 0-15: 0xffe0
                    .... .... .... ...0 = Reserved: 0x0
                    .... .... .... ..0. = Support For 320 MHz in 6 GHz: Not supported
                    .... .... .... .0.. = Support for 242-tone RU in BW Wider than 20 MHz: Not supported
                    .... .... .... 0... = NDP With 4x EHT-LTF And 3.2 us GI: Not supported
                    .... .... ...0 .... = Partial Bandwidth UL MU-MIMO: Not supported
                    .... .... ..1. .... = SU Beamformer: Supported
                    .... .... .1.. .... = SU Beamformee: Supported
                    .... ..11 1... .... = Beamformee SS (<= 80 MHz): 0x7
                    ...1 11.. .... .... = Beamformee SS (= 160 MHz): 0x7
                    111. .... .... .... = Beamformee SS (= 320 MHz): 0x7
                EHT PHY Bits 16-31: 0x00db
                    .... .... .... .011 = Number Of Sounding Dimensions (<= 80 MHz): 0x3
                    .... .... ..01 1... = Number Of Sounding Dimensions (= 160 MHz): 0x3
                    .... ...0 11.. .... = Number Of Sounding Dimensions (= 320 MHz): 0x3
                    .... ..0. .... .... = Ng = 16 SU Feedback: Not supported
                    .... .0.. .... .... = Ng = 16 MU Feedback: Not supported
                    .... 0... .... .... = Codebook Size = (4,2) SU Feedback: Not supported
                    ...0 .... .... .... = Codebook Size = (7,5) MU Feedback: Not supported
                    ..0. .... .... .... = Triggered SU Beamforming Feedback: Not supported
                    .0.. .... .... .... = Triggered MU Beamforming Partial BW Feedback: Not supported
                    0... .... .... .... = Triggered CQI Feedback: Not supported
                EHT PHY Bits 32-39: 0x18
                    .... ...0 = Partial Bandwidth DL MU-MIMO: Not supported
                    .... ..0. = EHT PSR-Based SR support: Not supported
                    .... .0.. = Power Boost Factor Support: Not supported
                    .... 1... = EHT MU PPDU With 4x EHT-LTF and 0.8 us GI: Supported
                    0001 .... = Max Nc: 1
                EHT PHY Bits 40-63: 0x3ed876
                    .... .... .... .... .... ...0 = Non-Triggered CQI Feedback: Not supported
                    .... .... .... .... .... ..1. = Tx 1024-QAM & 4096-QAM < 242-tone RU Support: Supported
                    .... .... .... .... .... .1.. = Rx 1024-QAM & 4096-QAM < 242-tone-RU Support: Supported
                    .... .... .... .... .... 0... = PPE Thresholds Present: Not Present
                    .... .... .... .... ..11 .... = Common Nominal Packet Padding: 3
                    .... .... .... .000 01.. .... = Maximum Number Of Supported EHT-LTFs: 1
                    .... .... .101 1... .... .... = Support Of MCS 15: 11
                    .... .... 1... .... .... .... = Support Of EHT DUP (MCS 14) in 6 GHz: Supported
                    .... ...0 .... .... .... .... = Support For 20 MHz Operating STA Receiving NDP With Wider BW: Not supported
                    .... ..1. .... .... .... .... = Non-OFDMA UL MU-MIMO (BW <= 80 MHz): Supported
                    .... .1.. .... .... .... .... = Non-OFDMA UL MU-MIMO (BW = 160 MHz): Supported
                    .... 1... .... .... .... .... = Non-OFDMA UL MU-MIMO (BW = 320 MHz): Supported
                    ...1 .... .... .... .... .... = MU Beamformer (BW <= 80 MHz): Supported
                    ..1. .... .... .... .... .... = MU Beamformer (BW = 160 MHz): Supported
                    .0.. .... .... .... .... .... = MU Beamformer (BW = 320 MHz): Not supported
                    0... .... .... .... .... .... = TB Sounding Feedback Rate Limit: Not supported
                EHT PHY Bits 64-71: 0x444400
                    .... ...0 = Rx 1024-QAM In Wider Bandwidth DL OFDMA Support: Not supported
                    .... ..0. = Rx 4096-QAM In Wider Bandwidth DL OFDMA SUpport: Not supported
                    0000 00.. = Reserved: 0x00
            Supported EHT-MCS and NSS Set
                EHT-MCS Map (BW <= 80MHz): 0x444444
                    .... .... .... .... .... 0100 = Rx Max Nss That Supports EHT-MCS 0-9: 4
                    .... .... .... .... 0100 .... = Tx Max Nss That Supports EHT-MCS 0-9: 4
                    .... .... .... 0100 .... .... = Rx Max Nss That Supports EHT-MCS 10-11: 4
                    .... .... 0100 .... .... .... = Tx Max Nss That Supports EHT-MCS 10-11: 4
                    .... 0100 .... .... .... .... = Rx Max Nss That Supports EHT-MCS 12-13: 4
                    0100 .... .... .... .... .... = Tx Max Nss That Supports EHT-MCS 12-13: 4
        Ext Tag: EHT Operation (802.11be D3.0)
            Ext Tag length: 8 (Tag len: 9)
            Ext Tag Number: EHT Operation (802.11be D3.0) (106)
            EHT Operation Parameters: 0x01, EHT Operation Information Present
                .... ...1 = EHT Operation Information Present: True
                .... ..0. = Disabled Subchannel Bitmap Present: False
                .... .0.. = EHT Default PE Duration: False
                .... 0... = Group Addressed BU Indication Limit: False
                ..00 .... = Group Addressed BU Indication Exponent: 0
                00.. .... = Reserved: 0x0
            Basic EHT-MCS And Nss Set: 0x44444444
            Control: 0x02, Channel Width: 80 MHz EHT BSS bandwidth
                .... .010 = Channel Width: 80 MHz EHT BSS bandwidth (2)
                0000 0... = Reserved: 0x00
            CCFS0: 0x0000006a
            CCFS1: 0x00000000




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