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Subject: Re: [v3] wifi: mwifiex: configure BSSID consistently when starting AP
From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
In-Reply-To: <20231215005118.17031-1-yu-hao.lin@nxp.com>
References: <20231215005118.17031-1-yu-hao.lin@nxp.com>
To: David Lin <yu-hao.lin@nxp.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
 briannorris@chromium.org, francesco@dolcini.it, tsung-hsien.hsieh@nxp.com,
 David Lin <yu-hao.lin@nxp.com>, stable@vger.kernel.org,
 Francesco Dolcini <francesco.dolcini@toradex.com>,
 Rafael Beims <rafael.beims@toradex.com>
User-Agent: pwcli/0.1.1-git (https://github.com/kvalo/pwcli/) Python/3.11.2
Message-ID: <170264669803.1759617.3948805099666949892.kvalo@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2023 13:25:00 +0000 (UTC)

David Lin <yu-hao.lin@nxp.com> wrote:

> AP BSSID configuration is missing at AP start.  Without this fix, FW returns
> STA interface MAC address after first init.  When hostapd restarts, it gets MAC
> address from netdev before driver sets STA MAC to netdev again. Now MAC address
> between hostapd and net interface are different causes STA cannot connect to
> AP.  After that MAC address of uap0 mlan0 become the same. And issue disappears
> after following hostapd restart (another issue is AP/STA MAC address become the
> same).
> 
> This patch fixes the issue cleanly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Lin <yu-hao.lin@nxp.com>
> Fixes: 12190c5d80bd ("mwifiex: add cfg80211 start_ap and stop_ap handlers")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Reviewed-by: Francesco Dolcini <francesco.dolcini@toradex.com>
> Tested-by: Rafael Beims <rafael.beims@toradex.com> # Verdin iMX8MP/SD8997 SD
> Acked-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org>

Patch applied to wireless-next.git, thanks.

f0dd488e11e7 wifi: mwifiex: configure BSSID consistently when starting AP

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