Bug report for ath10k and scanning many ssids.

Bug report for ath10k and scanning many ssids.

[Ben Greear]

There is a bug in at least 10.1 ath10k firmware where the scan machine
cannot send more than 5 or so probe requests due to running out of firmware
management buffers..  Stock firmware is not smart enough to
wait a bit and send them later.  To reproduce, use a supplicant file like
this (below).  Maybe there is a way to work around it in the driver, but probably
better to just fix the firmware...  A quick glance at 10.4 firmware makes
me think the bug is very likely there as well.

Thanks,
Ben


ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0
eapol_version=1
ap_scan=1
country=US
autoscan=periodic:10

network={
ssid="nonexist1"
scan_ssid=1
key_mgmt=NONE
}

network={
ssid="nonexist2"
scan_ssid=1
key_mgmt=NONE
}

network={
ssid="nonexist3"
scan_ssid=1
key_mgmt=NONE
}

network={
ssid="nonexist4"
scan_ssid=1
key_mgmt=NONE
}

network={
ssid="nonexist5"
scan_ssid=1
key_mgmt=NONE
}

network={
ssid="nonexist6"
scan_ssid=1
key_mgmt=NONE
}

network={
ssid="nonexist7"
scan_ssid=1
key_mgmt=NONE
}

network={
ssid="nonexist8"
scan_ssid=1
key_mgmt=NONE
}

network={
ssid="nonexist9"
scan_ssid=1
key_mgmt=NONE
}

network={
ssid="dd-wrt-ath1"
scan_ssid=1
key_mgmt=NONE
}


-- 
Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com