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[23.128.96.18]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id w13si1519279edi.434.2020.04.21.05.48.19; Tue, 21 Apr 2020 05:48:44 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 23.128.96.18 as permitted sender) client-ip=23.128.96.18; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; dkim=fail header.i=@mg.codeaurora.org header.s=smtp header.b=nI+9PTUD; spf=pass (google.com: domain of linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 23.128.96.18 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728524AbgDUMsK (ORCPT + 99 others); Tue, 21 Apr 2020 08:48:10 -0400 Received: from mail27.static.mailgun.info ([104.130.122.27]:26519 "EHLO mail27.static.mailgun.info" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726691AbgDUMsJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Apr 2020 08:48:09 -0400 DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha256; v=1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mg.codeaurora.org; q=dns/txt; s=smtp; t=1587473289; h=Content-Type: MIME-Version: Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Date: References: Subject: Cc: To: From: Sender; bh=k5QdzNJxww6MBMhijJcDgUGBLQ0TyxwDmilnMeGchIE=; b=nI+9PTUDykFIPD0Q3hogigc6Rznm3bEYT84ZSZsfT2emL4lBNGuGXs/wdDhS0xw1Qvet4eQj BJcfHpMWXsZer4EvJpEQ13OZ8MlSicYeDTwd9aMdVkN7KVdcs3XRqQjU1MSEGdo73EajJ6V4 Ihum1zmJjobywdyHH/weLYUey0g= X-Mailgun-Sending-Ip: 104.130.122.27 X-Mailgun-Sid: WyI3YTAwOSIsICJsaW51eC13aXJlbGVzc0B2Z2VyLmtlcm5lbC5vcmciLCAiYmU5ZTRhIl0= Received: from smtp.codeaurora.org (ec2-35-166-182-171.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com [35.166.182.171]) by mxa.mailgun.org with ESMTP id 5e9eeb82.7fbac3363ea0-smtp-out-n05; Tue, 21 Apr 2020 12:48:02 -0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.codeaurora.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 42429C433BA; Tue, 21 Apr 2020 12:48:01 +0000 (UTC) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-caf-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=2.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,SPF_NONE autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from tynnyri.adurom.net (tynnyri.adurom.net [51.15.11.48]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: kvalo) by smtp.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2F459C433F2; Tue, 21 Apr 2020 12:47:59 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 smtp.codeaurora.org 2F459C433F2 Authentication-Results: aws-us-west-2-caf-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=codeaurora.org Authentication-Results: aws-us-west-2-caf-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=kvalo@codeaurora.org From: Kalle Valo To: Sergey Matyukevich Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Igor Mitsyanko , Mikhail Karpenko Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] qtnfmac: enable access to the card in calibration mode References: <20200416210025.1096-1-sergey.matyukevich.os@quantenna.com> Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 15:47:55 +0300 In-Reply-To: <20200416210025.1096-1-sergey.matyukevich.os@quantenna.com> (Sergey Matyukevich's message of "Fri, 17 Apr 2020 00:00:25 +0300") Message-ID: <87sggxj98k.fsf@tynnyri.adurom.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Sergey Matyukevich writes: > Enable access to the wireless card in calibration mode using service > ethernet port. Wireless functionality is not available in calibration > mode. Service ethernet port can be used for various maintenance tasks > including calibration, configuration, troubleshooting. Add new kernel > module parameter force_svcmode. Set this parameter to one in order > to boot wireless card into the calibration mode. > > Signed-off-by: Sergey Matyukevich > > --- > > Hello Kalle and all, > > I would like to add support for a simple service mode for calibration. > This patch includes some controversial bits, that is why it is marked > as RFC. Could you please take a closer look and tell me whether it is > acceptable for mainlining. Is there a reason why you can't use nl80211 testmode? The use cases you list were exactly the reasons why we added testmode to nl80211 in the first place. -- https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches