Re: ath11k: IPQ6018: support for 802.11s MESH

[Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>]

Stefan Zegenhagen <stefan.zegenhagen@azg-tech.com> writes:

> Dear Kalle,
>
>> 
>> > Could you please at least answer the question whether mesh is
>> > supposed
>> > to be working on IPQ6018 with vanilla kernel, which firmware
>> > version is
>> > required and whether it is required to enable raw mode data path?
>> > Is
>> > there some knowledge around? With ath10k, there was at least a WMI
>> > services file in debugfs and a feature list in the 'bin' file. Both
>> > are
>> > no longer available and I can no longer see anything about firmware
>> > capabilities.
>> 
>> I have not tested mesh mode myself with IPQ6018 but I did saw a
>> report
>> claiming that at least this firmware has working mesh mode:
>> 
>> https://git.codelinaro.org/clo/ath-firmware/ath11k-firmware/-/tree/main/IPQ6018/hw1.0/2.6.0.1/WLAN.HK.2.6.0.1-01291-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1?ref_type=heads
>> 
>> Though that's not the most reliable source so I'm taking the report
>> as a
>> grain of salt.
>> 
>
> Thanks very much for the answer. I'll use that as a starting point
> (just yesterday I found the relatively new firmware version) for
> further investigations.

Please let us know what were your findings. I would like to have IPQ6018
test setup myself but I have never found the time to set it up :/

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