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On 2/21/24 15:12, Johannes Berg wrote:
> 
>> I guess then for Qualcomm we'll need to just add an extended feature
>> flag for "FW_HANDLES_PARTNER_LINK_CSA" and then hostapd can just not
>> update the parter link templates, or so?
>>
> Or then again ... Maybe the other way around, since it works for
> Qualcomm now, assuming it all works at all? Doesn't really matter, we
> can call it "WANT_PARTNER_LINK_CSA_TEMPLATE" too and have it inverted
> logic.
> 

Yeah anything is fine. Basically this flag should be visible till 
hostapd (so probably some wiphy level flag), so that it may skip forming 
beacon templates of partner links in CSA case. Based on the flag, those 
drivers which want it, it should form and send.