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Re: [PATCH] ath10k: add support for hardware rfkill

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Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> When hardware rfkill is enabled in the firmware it will report the
> capability via using WMI_TLV_SYS_CAP_INFO_RFKILL bit in the WMI_SERVICE_READY
> event to the host. ath10k will check the capability, and if it is enabled then
> ath10k will set the GPIO information to firmware using WMI_PDEV_SET_PARAM. When
> the firmware detects hardware rfkill is enabled by the user, it will report it
> via WMI_RFKILL_STATE_CHANGE_EVENTID. Once ath10k receives the event it will
> send wmi command WMI_PDEV_SET_PARAM to the firmware to enable/disable the radio
> and also notifies cfg80211.
> 
> We can't power off the device when rfkill is enabled, as otherwise the
> firmware would not be able to detect GPIO changes and report them to the
> host. So when rfkill is enabled, we need to keep the firmware running.
> 
> Tested with QCA6174 PCI with firmware
> WLAN.RM.4.4.1-00109-QCARMSWPZ-1.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alan Liu <alanliu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Wen Gong <wgong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

1382993f882b ath10k: add support for hardware rfkill

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11166921/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches




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