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Re: [PATCH] Revert "wcn36xx: Enable firmware link monitoring"

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Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> This reverts commit 8def9ec46a5fafc0abcf34489a9e8a787bca984d.
>
> The firmware keep-alive does not cause any event in case of error
> such as non acked. It's just a basic keep alive to prevent the AP
> to kick-off the station due to inactivity. So let mac80211 submit
> its own monitoring packet (probe/null) and disconnect on timeout.
>
> Note: We want to keep firmware keep alive to prevent kick-off
> when host is in suspend-to-mem (no mac80211 monitor packet).
> Ideally fw keep alive should be enabled in suspend path and disabled
> in resume path to prevent having both firmware and mac80211 submitting
> periodic null packets.
>
> This fixes non detected AP leaving issues in active mode (nothing
> monitors beacon or connection).
>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: 8def9ec46a5f ("wcn36xx: Enable firmware link monitoring")
> Signed-off-by: Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@xxxxxxxxxx>

I'll queue this to v5.15.

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