From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
To: "Alexis Lothoré" <alexis.lothore@bootlin.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
"Ajay Singh" <ajay.kathat@microchip.com>,
"Claudiu Beznea" <claudiu.beznea@tuxon.dev>,
"David Mosberger-Tang" <davidm@egauge.net>,
"Thomas Petazzoni" <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Alexis Lothoré" <alexis.lothore@bootlin.com>
Subject: Re: [1/5] wifi: wilc1000: set preamble size to auto as default in wilc_init_fw_config()
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2024 15:36:49 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <170775220812.2851594.12759275174081089304.kvalo@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240115-wilc_1000_fixes-v1-1-54d29463a738@bootlin.com>
Alexis Lothoré <alexis.lothore@bootlin.com> wrote:
> From: Ajay Singh <ajay.kathat@microchip.com>
>
> WILC driver currently applies some default configuration whenever the firmware
> is initialized, and sets the default preamble size to short. However, despite
> this passed option, firmware is also able to successfully connect to access
> points only using long preamble, so this setting does not really enforce short
> preambles and is misleading regarding applied configuration.
>
> Update default configuration and make it match the firmware behavior by passing
> the existing WILC_FW_PREAMBLE_AUTO value (2 instead of 0). The updated setting
> does not really alter firmware behavior since it is still capable to connect to
> both short preamble and long preamble access points, but at list the setting now
> expresses for real the corresponding firmware behavior.
>
> More info: it has been implemented to address the transmission (Tx) blackout
> issue observed in the 802.11b mode. The modification has no impact on the other
> modes, which will continue to work as they did in the previous implementation.
> This change will allow the 802.11b transmission (2, 5.5, 11Mbps) to use long
> preamble.
>
>
> Signed-off-by: Ajay Singh <ajay.kathat@microchip.com>
> Signed-off-by: Alexis Lothoré <alexis.lothore@bootlin.com>
Patch applied to wireless-next.git, thanks.
a8e5fefa9123 wifi: wilc1000: set preamble size to auto as default in wilc_init_fw_config()
--
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20240115-wilc_1000_fixes-v1-1-54d29463a738@bootlin.com/
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-02-12 15:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-01-15 14:56 [PATCH 0/5] wifi: wilc1000: minor fixes Alexis Lothoré
2024-01-15 14:56 ` [PATCH 1/5] wifi: wilc1000: set preamble size to auto as default in wilc_init_fw_config() Alexis Lothoré
2024-01-18 9:31 ` Kalle Valo
2024-01-18 15:08 ` Alexis Lothoré
2024-01-18 16:52 ` Ajay.Kathat
2024-01-19 7:43 ` Alexis Lothoré
2024-01-19 18:19 ` Ajay.Kathat
2024-02-12 15:36 ` Kalle Valo [this message]
2024-01-15 14:56 ` [PATCH 2/5] wifi: wilc1000: fix driver_handler when committing initial configuration Alexis Lothoré
2024-01-18 9:35 ` Kalle Valo
2024-01-15 14:56 ` [PATCH 3/5] wilc: wifi: do not realloc workqueue everytime an interface is added Alexis Lothoré
2024-01-15 14:56 ` [PATCH 4/5] wifi: wilc1000: fix incorrect power down sequence Alexis Lothoré
2024-01-15 14:56 ` [PATCH 5/5] wifi: wilc1000: fix multi-vif management when deleting a vif Alexis Lothoré
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