Re: brcmfmac: Unexpected cfg80211_set_channel: set chanspec ... fail, reason -52

[Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>]

Arend Van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com> writes:

> On January 13, 2023 2:35:58 PM Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org> wrote:
>
>> Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> writes:
>>
>>>>> [  104.897615] brcmfmac: cfg80211_set_channel: set chanspec 0x100e fail,
>>>>> reason -52
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> All of these 10 errors are repeated every 60 sec.
>>>>
>>>> Catching up after the holidays ;-) Above chanspec values are invalid.
>>>> 0x100e = channel 14/bw 20MHz. The 'iw list' output shows all these
>>>> channels are disabled. So who/what is trying to set these channels.
>>>> Scanning sets the channel in firmware. Is this initiated from hostapd?
>>>
>>> Yeah, what userspace is running here? Looks like cfg80211_set_channel()
>>> is only used for survey?
>>>
>>> Couple of observations on the side:
>>> * might be nice to have some "brcm" indication in that name :P
>>
>> Indeed, having a function cfg80211_set_channel() in brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
>> is VERY misleading. I first though that is a cfg80211 function and
>> didn't understand Johannes' comment until I started grepping :) Can
>> someone fix that, please?
>
> It is already on your queue for wireless-next. That was the 3rd patch
> for which you sent yourself a reminder earlier this week. You
> remember? ;-p

Heh. No, I don't even try to remember all the patches, there's just too
much of them :)

But very good that the fix is in queue, thanks!

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