Re: [External] Re: [PATCH 1/2] platorm/x86: thinkpad_acpi: sysfs interface to reduce wlan tx power

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Hello,
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kevin Locke <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 1:43 AM
>To: Nitin Joshi <nitjoshi@xxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx; ibm-acpi-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; platform-
>driver-x86@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Nitin Joshi1 <njoshi1@xxxxxxxxxx>; Mark RH
>Pearson <markpearson@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [External] Re: [PATCH 1/2] platorm/x86: thinkpad_acpi: sysfs
>interface to reduce wlan tx power
>
>On Fri, 2021-02-12 at 14:58 +0900, Nitin Joshi wrote:
>> Some newer Thinkpads have the WLAN antenna placed close to the WWAN
>> antenna. In these cases FCC certification requires that when WWAN is
>> active we reduce WLAN transmission power. A new Dynamic Power
>> Reduction Control (DPRC) method is available from the BIOS on these
>> platforms to reduce or restore WLAN Tx power.
>>
>> This patch provides a sysfs interface that userspace can use to adjust
>> the WLAN power appropriately.
>
>Question from a user: How does wlan_tx_strength_reduce relate to or
>interact with ioctl(SIOCSIWTXPOW) (i.e. iwconfig txpower) and
>NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_TX_POWER_LEVEL (i .e. iw dev set txpower)?  If I
>request 30 dBm then enable wlan_tx_strength_reduce, what happens?  Same
>in the opposite order?  Will ioctl(SIOCGIWTXPOW) show the reduced
>txpower?

Below comment is just to update current status in this e-mail chain:
As informed in separate e-mail, after testing by changing txpower using "iwconfig tx power  xx" I cannot see any change in wlan_tx_strength_reduce
It seems wlan_tx_strength_reduce is not directly related to iwconfig or iw. So, I am currently trying to find more information regarding this.
Although, this patch is working fine but need some more information for better understanding.
Hence , dropping this patch series and splitting it i.e submitting only "WWAN Antenna patch " now.
 
Thank you !! 
 
Thanks & Regards,
Nitin Joshi  

>
>Thanks,
>Kevin


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