This patch calls wcn36xx_smd_keep_alive_req() on the STA patch immediately
after associating with an AP.
This will cause the firmware to send a NULL packet out to the AP every 30
seconds, thus offloading keep-alive processing from the SoC to the
firmware.
Signed-off-by: Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/main.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/main.c
index e924cc4acde0..b514a7b952df 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/main.c
@@ -910,6 +910,8 @@ static void wcn36xx_bss_info_changed(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
* place where AID is available.
*/
wcn36xx_smd_config_sta(wcn, vif, sta);
+ wcn36xx_smd_keep_alive_req(wcn, vif,
+ WCN36XX_HAL_KEEP_ALIVE_NULL_PKT);
} else {
wcn36xx_dbg(WCN36XX_DBG_MAC,
"disassociated bss %pM vif %pM AID=%d\n",
--
2.28.0
