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[LEDE-DEV] mac80211: Add patch to re-enable setting a single rate.

Message ID 1507673920-27184-1-git-send-email-greearb@candelatech.com
State Superseded
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Series [LEDE-DEV] mac80211: Add patch to re-enable setting a single rate. | expand

Commit Message

Ben Greear Oct. 10, 2017, 10:18 p.m. UTC
From: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>

This lets one use 'iw' to set individual rates on ath10k again.

Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
---
 .../111-mac80211_allow_single_tx_rate_again.patch  | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 package/kernel/mac80211/patches/111-mac80211_allow_single_tx_rate_again.patch

Comments

Hauke Mehrtens Oct. 12, 2017, 7:36 p.m. UTC | #1
On 10/11/2017 12:18 AM, greearb@candelatech.com wrote:
> From: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
> 
> This lets one use 'iw' to set individual rates on ath10k again.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
> ---
>  .../111-mac80211_allow_single_tx_rate_again.patch  | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 package/kernel/mac80211/patches/111-mac80211_allow_single_tx_rate_again.patch
> 
> diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/111-mac80211_allow_single_tx_rate_again.patch b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/111-mac80211_allow_single_tx_rate_again.patch
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..c88ab2b
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/111-mac80211_allow_single_tx_rate_again.patch
> @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
> +From f1f0375f67622c4f5c2faeb03c0275e4f7e8191a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> +From: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
> +Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 13:56:29 -0700
> +Subject: [PATCH] mac80211:  Revert some of e8e4f5, fixes setting single rate
> + in ath10k.
> +
> +This lets us successfully set a single rate in ath10k again.
> +
> +Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
> +---
> + net/mac80211/cfg.c | 6 ++++--
> + 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> +
> +diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
> +index d4c2511..087d33a 100644
> +--- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
> ++++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
> +@@ -2756,8 +2756,10 @@ static int ieee80211_set_bitrate_mask(struct wiphy *wiphy,
> + 		u32 basic_rates = sdata->vif.bss_conf.basic_rates;
> + 		enum nl80211_band band = sdata->vif.bss_conf.chandef.chan->band;
> + 
> +-		if (!(mask->control[band].legacy & basic_rates))
> +-			return -EINVAL;
> ++		if (!(mask->control[band].legacy & basic_rates)) {
> ++			pr_err("%s:  WARNING: no legacy rates for band[%d] in set-bitrate-mask.\n",
> ++			       sdata->dev->name, band);
> ++		}
> + 	}
> + 
> + 	for (i = 0; i < NUM_NL80211_BANDS; i++) {
> +-- 
> +2.4.11
> +
> 

Will you also send this upstream or is this only a hack?

Hauke
Ben Greear Oct. 12, 2017, 9:25 p.m. UTC | #2
On 10/12/2017 12:36 PM, Hauke Mehrtens wrote:
> On 10/11/2017 12:18 AM, greearb@candelatech.com wrote:
>> From: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
>>
>> This lets one use 'iw' to set individual rates on ath10k again.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
>> ---
>>   .../111-mac80211_allow_single_tx_rate_again.patch  | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)
>>   create mode 100644 package/kernel/mac80211/patches/111-mac80211_allow_single_tx_rate_again.patch
>>
>> diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/111-mac80211_allow_single_tx_rate_again.patch b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/111-mac80211_allow_single_tx_rate_again.patch
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..c88ab2b
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/111-mac80211_allow_single_tx_rate_again.patch
>> @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
>> +From f1f0375f67622c4f5c2faeb03c0275e4f7e8191a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> +From: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
>> +Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 13:56:29 -0700
>> +Subject: [PATCH] mac80211:  Revert some of e8e4f5, fixes setting single rate
>> + in ath10k.
>> +
>> +This lets us successfully set a single rate in ath10k again.
>> +
>> +Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
>> +---
>> + net/mac80211/cfg.c | 6 ++++--
>> + 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>> +
>> +diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
>> +index d4c2511..087d33a 100644
>> +--- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
>> ++++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
>> +@@ -2756,8 +2756,10 @@ static int ieee80211_set_bitrate_mask(struct wiphy *wiphy,
>> + 		u32 basic_rates = sdata->vif.bss_conf.basic_rates;
>> + 		enum nl80211_band band = sdata->vif.bss_conf.chandef.chan->band;
>> +
>> +-		if (!(mask->control[band].legacy & basic_rates))
>> +-			return -EINVAL;
>> ++		if (!(mask->control[band].legacy & basic_rates)) {
>> ++			pr_err("%s:  WARNING: no legacy rates for band[%d] in set-bitrate-mask.\n",
>> ++			       sdata->dev->name, band);
>> ++		}
>> + 	}
>> +
>> + 	for (i = 0; i < NUM_NL80211_BANDS; i++) {
>> +--
>> +2.4.11
>> +
>>
>
> Will you also send this upstream or is this only a hack?

As written, this is a bit of a hack (probably should only pr_err once,
maybe not at all?)...I am discussing a fix for upstream.

Thanks,
Ben
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diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/111-mac80211_allow_single_tx_rate_again.patch b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/111-mac80211_allow_single_tx_rate_again.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c88ab2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/111-mac80211_allow_single_tx_rate_again.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ 
+From f1f0375f67622c4f5c2faeb03c0275e4f7e8191a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
+Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 13:56:29 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] mac80211:  Revert some of e8e4f5, fixes setting single rate
+ in ath10k.
+
+This lets us successfully set a single rate in ath10k again.
+
+Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
+---
+ net/mac80211/cfg.c | 6 ++++--
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
+index d4c2511..087d33a 100644
+--- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
++++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
+@@ -2756,8 +2756,10 @@ static int ieee80211_set_bitrate_mask(struct wiphy *wiphy,
+ 		u32 basic_rates = sdata->vif.bss_conf.basic_rates;
+ 		enum nl80211_band band = sdata->vif.bss_conf.chandef.chan->band;
+ 
+-		if (!(mask->control[band].legacy & basic_rates))
+-			return -EINVAL;
++		if (!(mask->control[band].legacy & basic_rates)) {
++			pr_err("%s:  WARNING: no legacy rates for band[%d] in set-bitrate-mask.\n",
++			       sdata->dev->name, band);
++		}
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	for (i = 0; i < NUM_NL80211_BANDS; i++) {
+-- 
+2.4.11
+