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From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
To: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Cc: kvalo@kernel.org, Steven Liu <steven.liu@mediatek.com>,
	Evelyn Tsai <Evelyn.Tsai@mediatek.com>, Paul <paul@asiarf.com>,
	Shayne Chen <Shayne.Chen@mediatek.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH wireless] wifi: mt76: mt7915: add module param to select 5 GHz or 6 GHz on MT7916
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 16:27:15 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <d7088c46-e956-4f09-9595-7bb99321d7f1@nbd.name> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b8c12251-7099-4aa1-9b8e-e709cc6eafac@candelatech.com>

On 10.10.24 16:34, Ben Greear wrote:
> On 10/10/24 01:38, Felix Fietkau wrote:
>> From: Shayne Chen <shayne.chen@mediatek.com>
>> 
>> Due to a limitation in available memory, the MT7916 firmware can only
>> handle either 5 GHz or 6 GHz at a time. It does not support runtime
>> switching without a full restart.
> 
> Can this also be implemented so that we can change the module parameter,
> force the radio to do a hard reset, and change bands that way, without
> having to do a reboot?

It probably can be, but that requires more work and testing. I'd prefer 
to do that separately at some point in a follow-up patch.

- Felix


      reply	other threads:[~2024-10-12 14:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-10-10  8:38 [PATCH wireless] wifi: mt76: mt7915: add module param to select 5 GHz or 6 GHz on MT7916 Felix Fietkau
2024-10-10 14:34 ` Ben Greear
2024-10-12 14:27   ` Felix Fietkau [this message]

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