[PATCH RFC 0/2] Add the capability to offload MLO link reconfiguration countdown in the NIC fw

Lorenzo Bianconi lorenzo at kernel.org
Wed Feb 11 15:38:10 PST 2026


Introduce the capability to offload the countdown for MLO link
reconfiguration IE if supported by the underlay driver/firmware.
The driver is supposed to set the WIPHY_FLAG_MLO_RECONF_ADV_OFFLOAD flag
to notify mac80211/hostapd it supports this capability in hw/fw.
Moreover, the driver is supposed to generate an event to notify
mac80211/hostapd when the countdown is completed.

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Lorenzo Bianconi (1):
      wifi: mac80211: Add the capability to offload MLO link reconfiguration countdown in the NIC fw

Shayne Chen (1):
      wifi: mt76: mt7996: Add beacon_reconf IE parsing support

 .../net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76_connac_mcu.h   |   5 +
 drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/init.c   |   3 +-
 drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mcu.c    | 185 +++++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mcu.h    |  69 +++++++-
 include/net/cfg80211.h                             |  13 ++
 include/net/mac80211.h                             |  13 ++
 include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h                       |  12 ++
 net/mac80211/cfg.c                                 |  16 ++
 net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h                         |   5 +
 net/mac80211/iface.c                               |  14 ++
 net/wireless/nl80211.c                             |  61 +++++++
 11 files changed, 394 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 4eefc435c985f4dfdba9afb1c705f0e17377c084
change-id: 20260204-mt7996-link-reconf-16596e5b8076

Best regards,
-- 
Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo at kernel.org>




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