Re: [PATCH 2/2] wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: disable MLO for the time being

[Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>]

Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> writes:

> On Thu, 2024-03-14 at 18:39 +0200, Kalle Valo wrote:
>> Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> writes:
>> 
>> > On Thu, 2024-03-14 at 18:08 +0200, Kalle Valo wrote:
>> > > 
>> > > > -		hw->wiphy->flags |= WIPHY_FLAG_SUPPORTS_MLO;
>> > > > +		hw->wiphy->flags |= WIPHY_FLAG_DISABLE_WEXT;
>> > > 
>> > > I think we should add the same for ath12k, right?
>> > > 
>> > 
>> > It's really up to you, I think. I'm hoping to even get this into stable,
>> > FWIW.
>> 
>> ath12k doesn't support MLO yet but I feel that disabling wext already
>> now would be consistent from user's point of view.
>
> Ah, you're in the situation where wext is still enabled now, but will
> disappear when you enable MLO.

Exactly.

> Agree then that it would make sense to disable wext right now so it's
> not a software upgrade for the same hardware that removes it.

Good, thanks for confirming.

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