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Re: [PATCH v5 00/12] wifi: ath12k: Add single wiphy support

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On 3/20/2024 12:09 PM, Rameshkumar Sundaram wrote:
> From: Sriram R <quic_srirrama@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> With the introduction of Multi Link Operation (MLO) support in
> IEEE802.11be, each EHT AP/non AP interface is capable of
> operating with multiple radio links.
> 
> cfg80211/mac80211 expects drivers to abstract the communication
> between such Multi Link HW and mac80211/cfg80211 since it depends
> on different driver/HW implementation. Hence the single wiphy
> abstraction with changes in datastructures were introduced in
> "wifi: ath12k: Introduce hw abstraction"
> 
> This patchset extends the implementation to allow combination
> of multiple underlying radios into a single composite hw/wiphy
> for registration. Since now multiple radios are represented by
> a single wiphy, changes are required in various mac ops that the
> driver supports since the driver now needs to learn on how to tunnel
> various mac ops properly to a specific radio.
> 
> This patchset covers the basic mac80211 ops for an interface bring up
> and operation.
> 
> Note:
> Monitor and hw reconfig support for Single Wiphy will be done in future
> patchsets.
> 
> ---
>  v5:
>  - Addressed Jeff's comments
>  - Made arvif config cache to be dynamic in PATCH 07/12

In the future please be specific about what patches in the series were
modified so that reviewers don't have to spend time reviewing the parts that
didn't change.





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