Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Firmware link offload monitoring can be made to work in 3/4 cases by > switching on firmware feature bit WLANACTIVE_OFFLOAD > > - Secure power-save on > - Secure power-save off > - Open power-save on > > However, with an open AP if we switch off power-saving - thus never > entering Beacon Mode Power Save - BMPS, firmware never forwards loss > of beacon upwards. > > We had hoped that WLANACTIVE_OFFLOAD and some fixes for sequence numbers > would unblock this but, it hasn't and further investigation is required. > > Its possible to have a complete set of Secure power-save on/off and Open > power-save on/off provided we use Linux' link monitoring mechanism. > > While we debug the Open AP failure we need to fix upstream. > > This reverts commit c973fdad79f6eaf247d48b5fc77733e989eb01e1. > > Signed-off-by: Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks. 43ea9bd84f27 Revert "wcn36xx: Enable firmware link monitoring" -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20211025093037.3966022-2-bryan.odonoghue@xxxxxxxxxx/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
