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Re: [PATCH 4/6] mt76: mt7615: unlock dfs bands

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Ryder Lee <ryder.lee@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Mon, 2019-07-01 at 10:59 +0300, Kalle Valo wrote:
>> Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> 
>> >>
>> >> Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> >>
>> >> > Unlock dfs channels since now mt7615 driver supports radar detection
>> >> >
>> >> > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> > ---
>> >> >  drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7615/init.c | 6 ++++++
>> >> >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>> >> >
>> >> > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7615/init.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7615/init.c
>> >> > index 5dc4cced5789..6d336d82cafe 100644
>> >> > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7615/init.c
>> >> > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7615/init.c
>> >> > @@ -152,6 +152,12 @@ static const struct ieee80211_iface_combination if_comb[] = {
>> >> >               .max_interfaces = 4,
>> >> >               .num_different_channels = 1,
>> >> >               .beacon_int_infra_match = true,
>> >> > +             .radar_detect_widths = BIT(NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_20_NOHT) |
>> >> > +                                    BIT(NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_20) |
>> >> > +                                    BIT(NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_40) |
>> >> > +                                    BIT(NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_80) |
>> >> > +                                    BIT(NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_160) |
>> >> > +                                    BIT(NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_80P80),
>> >>
>> >> Isn't it questionable to enable these without any testing on real
>> >> hardware? Getting DFS to work correctly is hard so I'm very suspicious
>> >> about this.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Kalle Valo
>> >
>> > Hi Kalle,
>> >
>> > unfortunately at the moment I am not able to run any tests with a real
>> > signal generator so I just ported the code from vendor sdk.
>> > I am pretty confident it works since the radar pattern detection is
>> > done in fw/hw so I guess it has been already tested in the vendor sdk
>> 
>> DFS is really tricky to get it working right, so I'm not easily
>> convinced :)
>> 
>> > but we can postpone this patch and apply just the rest of the series
>> > until we have some test results.
>> 
>> Yeah, I think it would be best to drop this patch so that DFS is not
>> enabled by default and apply this patch only after positive test
>> results.
>> 
>
> That's why I suggested Lorenzo to add this one - "[6/6] mt76: mt7615:
> add radar pattern test knob to debugfs"
>
> We can feed radar pattern through debugfs to test if a pattern is
> detected as radar pattern or not and verify the fw radar detection
> algorithm.

Sure, that's nice for testing but does not guarantee that it works with
real hardware as well. I take regulatory rules very seriously and that's
why I'm extra careful here.

-- 
Kalle Valo



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