From: "Pali Rohár" <pali@kernel.org>
To: "Ganapathi Bhat" <ganapathi.bhat@nxp.com>,
"Amitkumar Karwar" <amitkarwar@gmail.com>,
"Xinming Hu" <huxinming820@gmail.com>,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
"Marek Behún" <marek.behun@nic.cz>
Subject: mwifiex: Maximal number of AP interfaces
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 13:30:09 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200611113009.v7cpybecc55vtni2@pali> (raw)
Hello!
mwifiex kernel driver has currently hardcoded maximal number of AP
interfaces to 3. It is defined by MWIFIEX_MAX_UAP_NUM constant and
'.max' member in 'mwifiex_ap_sta_limits' structure.
I tried to increase this limit and figured out that SD8997 card can
create four independent BSSIDs in AP mode. Not only 3. Scanning for wifi
networks on another device proved that SD8997 was really broadcasting 4
SSIDs.
When I tried to create fifth AP interface/SSID then mwifiex received
error "mwifiex_cmd_timeout_func: Timeout cmd id = 0x4d, act = 0x1" and
then card firmware crashed. SDIO card was then unregistered from bus.
I would like to increase maximal number of AP interface to 4 as it is
supported by SD8997 card. But it cannot be done easily as for other
cards managed by mwifiex driver which do not support more then 3 ap
interfaces, it can cause problems...
Looks like that maximal number of AP interfaces is firmware dependent
number. Do you know if it is possible to retrieve this maximal count
from card firmware via some special command?
Or do you know how to determinate maximal number of AP interfaces?
next reply other threads:[~2020-06-11 11:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-06-11 11:30 Pali Rohár [this message]
2021-02-17 12:18 ` mwifiex: Maximal number of AP interfaces Pali Rohár
2021-07-17 13:53 ` Pali Rohár
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