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Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: ath12k: enable WIPHY_FLAG_DISABLE_WEXT
From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
In-Reply-To: <20240411165645.4071238-1-kvalo@kernel.org>
References: <20240411165645.4071238-1-kvalo@kernel.org>
To: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
Cc: ath12k@lists.infradead.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 15:21:08 +0000 (UTC)

Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org> wrote:

> ath12k will support Multi-Link Operation (MLO) in the future but not yet. A
> major change with MLO is that cfg80211 will disable Wireless Extension (WEXT)
> user space interface. To avoid having inconsistent user experience, first
> supporting WEXT and later not, disable WEXT already now.
> 
> Now ath12k claims that WEXT is not supported:
> 
> $ iwconfig wlan0
> wlan0     no wireless extensions.
> 
> Tested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HMT.1.0.c5-00481-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ-3
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@quicinc.com>
> Acked-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@quicinc.com>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

03a509740b5d wifi: ath12k: enable WIPHY_FLAG_DISABLE_WEXT

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