* [PATCH wireless] wifi: b43: apply the TX power limit set on the interface
@ 2026-10-23 19:09 Rosen Penev
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From: Rosen Penev @ 2026-10-23 19:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-wireless; +Cc: open list:B43 WIRELESS DRIVER, open list
A TX power limit set with "iw dev <dev> set txpower" never reaches the
hardware. mac80211 keeps such a limit per interface and only passes it
to the driver as BSS_CHANGED_TXPOWER. The power level of the hardware
configuration, which b43_op_config() turns into the desired TX power,
is only recalculated for a limit set on the whole wiphy, or when the
channel changes.
Take the TX power of the interface on BSS_CHANGED_TXPOWER as the
desired TX power, and recheck the TX power right away, as
b43_op_config() does.
Fixes: 1ea6f9c0d48b ("mac80211: handle TX power per virtual interface")
Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/main.c | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/main.c
index 3825b6ad9f4f..01e3e80b43a5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/main.c
@@ -4161,6 +4161,17 @@ static void b43_op_bss_info_changed(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
}
b43_mac_enable(dev);
+
+ /*
+ * mac80211 passes a TX power limit set on the interface only here,
+ * not in the power level of the hardware configuration.
+ */
+ if (changed & BSS_CHANGED_TXPOWER && conf->txpower > 0 &&
+ conf->txpower != dev->phy.desired_txpower) {
+ dev->phy.desired_txpower = conf->txpower;
+ b43_phy_txpower_check(dev, B43_TXPWR_IGNORE_TIME |
+ B43_TXPWR_IGNORE_TSSI);
+ }
out_unlock_mutex:
mutex_unlock(&wl->mutex);
}
--
2.56.0
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