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From: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>
To: Mehmet Fide <mehmet.fide@gmail.com>
Cc: Bitterblue Smith <rtl8821cerfe2@gmail.com>,
	"linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"mehmet.fide@screeningeagle.com" <mehmet.fide@screeningeagle.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH rtw-next 2/2] wifi: rtw88: support channel switch in AP mode
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 03:45:11 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <bef3467b008b4bc790ae2baedc1f4625@realtek.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260929124400.3856049-3-mehmet.fide@gmail.com>

Mehmet Fide <mehmet.fide@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Mehmet Fide <mehmet.fide@screeningeagle.com>
> 
> hostapd's CHAN_SWITCH is refused because the driver does not announce
> channel switch support, so an AP on rtw88 can only change its channel
> by being torn down and started again.
> 
> Declare WIPHY_FLAG_HAS_CHANNEL_SWITCH and implement
> ieee80211_ops::channel_switch_beacon the way rtw89 does:

No need to mention rtw89, which you have mentioned in cover letter.

> the firmware
> repeats the beacon held in the reserved page, so while a switch is
> announced the beacon is downloaded again every beacon interval to renew
> the countdown, and ieee80211_csa_finish() is called once it completes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mehmet Fide <mehmet.fide@screeningeagle.com>

[...]

> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/mac80211.c
> b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/mac80211.c
> index 2a9b09fa76e7..915e810470aa 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/mac80211.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/mac80211.c
> @@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ static int rtw_ops_add_interface(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
>         memset(&rtwvif->bfee, 0, sizeof(struct rtw_bfee));
>         rtw_txq_init(rtwdev, vif->txq);
>         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rtwvif->rsvd_page_list);
> +       rtwvif->rtwdev = rtwdev;

Move to be first statement of this function followed by a blank line. 

> +       INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&rtwvif->csa_beacon_work, rtw_fw_csa_beacon_work);
> 
>         mutex_lock(&rtwdev->mutex);
> 



  reply	other threads:[~2026-09-30  3:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-29 12:43 [PATCH rtw-next 0/2] wifi: rtw88: " Mehmet Fide
2026-09-29 12:43 ` [PATCH rtw-next 1/2] wifi: rtw88: download the beacon the reserved page was built with Mehmet Fide
2026-09-29 19:11   ` Luka Gejak
2026-09-29 21:05     ` Mehmet Fide
2026-09-30  3:33       ` Ping-Ke Shih
2026-09-30  7:27         ` Mehmet Fide
2026-09-29 12:44 ` [PATCH rtw-next 2/2] wifi: rtw88: support channel switch in AP mode Mehmet Fide
2026-09-30  3:45   ` Ping-Ke Shih [this message]
2026-09-30  7:27     ` Mehmet Fide

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