From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2CAC01BA87B for ; Tue, 6 Aug 2024 06:10:36 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1722924637; cv=none; b=oq4IRpztmfYUh3WDyyGiMtOzi2JOymesmTNPDkvYcjU5ADFf+IQyUgFC/q8N12E5oh5kx4TiR29hmKBNko0b4kDtNpPZxco4DAFJ0g/TQTVAssJqx1fsenACRTqYx2SuW+C+DEGNh8oIo0x4qGfcS2J+bi82DBqVTxcgmnWAUik= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1722924637; c=relaxed/simple; bh=xe4TyJsYfcn1tWGldXgzTjCuFxSyYQ+iMyXl13WsQII=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=ECsV1dnCDIHoXGe9voQ+JrDQS2ZN1z/lmviMQ9x8Cvx5MWUPgGcZgncQnJ2i1VjpwDrJnrguxEGxWua2/+PbBkNN/GUJgwMCKWWRk5CfV9kPgNXODca8mJMubb/wpe3nw44zh0MLW+SmOlCuxxWAvmk46vNicoDf9s3A4ErlkoA= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=VJUA2BHz; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="VJUA2BHz" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E4497C32786; Tue, 6 Aug 2024 06:10:35 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1722924636; bh=xe4TyJsYfcn1tWGldXgzTjCuFxSyYQ+iMyXl13WsQII=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=VJUA2BHze/EtcjsA+Rc690T+VBSWMXMr2eUWHDh6F+EzxVu7CTWelnLO9Dep7Jjc1 r4K059Kz0G+UowJxVXKsDJhEfswndC2XQVP5nb3ayvH8BXghkqYOdDoas8Yw3oO04e 6oIb8L6u1SsB5R5wRtFQxs3xZ8Hbywa5wcTL3gByU1Zl6jnuTXys//LmRRxUAiAxfF OetZTLHhILwNyYH5gP5+0SB8GCEzBpx8t1ih7KZsPZ1fykwQ+3qNllQjUyDWNHHW3U o3Pqm0l6vzug6CZHoIlpMxqOIe5Al072j/sfRi6aP6idFiTNmm51ihPIQ1ERnjNWS5 X2aNHap9peQrg== From: Kalle Valo To: Harshitha Prem Cc: ath12k@lists.infradead.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 0/8] wifi: ath12k: Introduce device group abstraction References: <20240628095139.292952-1-quic_hprem@quicinc.com> Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 09:10:33 +0300 In-Reply-To: <20240628095139.292952-1-quic_hprem@quicinc.com> (Harshitha Prem's message of "Fri, 28 Jun 2024 15:21:31 +0530") Message-ID: <87y15a5gh2.fsf@kernel.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Harshitha Prem writes: > To support multi-link operation, multiple devices with different bands say > 2 GHz or 5 GHz or 6 GHz can be combined together as a group and provide > an abstraction to mac80211. > > Device group abstraction - when there are multiple devices that are > connected by any means of communication interface between them, then these > devices can be combined together as a single group using a group id to form > a group abstraction. In ath12k driver, this abstraction would be named as > ath12k_hw_group (ag). The design discussion is still ongoing in v8 so I'm going to just drop v9. We need to conclude the discussion first. -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches