James Prestwood <prestwoj@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Hi Paul, > > On 6/16/24 6:10 AM, Paul Menzel wrote: >> Dear Linux folks, >> >> >> Linux 6.10-rc3 (commit a3e18a540541) logged the warning below when >> connecting to a public WiFi: >> >> ath10k_pci 0000:3a:00.0: invalid vht params rate 1920 100kbps >> nss 2 mcs 9 > > This has been reported/discussed [1]. It was hinted that there was a > firmware fix for this, but none that I tried got rid of it. I got fed > up enough with the logs filling up with this I patched our kernel to > remove the warning. AFAICT it appears benign (?). Removing the warning > was purely "cosmetic" so other devs stopped complaining about it :) > > [1] https://www.mail-archive.com/ath10k@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg13406.html More reliable link to the discussion: https://lore.kernel.org/ath10k/76a816d983e6c4d636311738396f97971b5523fb.1612915444.git.skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ I think we should add this workaround I mentioned in 2021: "If the firmware still keeps sending invalid rates we should add a specific check to ignore the known invalid values, but not all of them." https://lore.kernel.org/ath10k/87h7mktjgi.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ I guess that would be mcs == 7 and rate == 1440? -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
