Re: [PATCH v3] wifi: ath11k: fix txpower in ap mode for 6 Ghz

Jeff Johnson <[email protected]> Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:39:59 -0700
Newsgroups org.infradead.lists.ath11k,org.kernel.vger.linux-wireless
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 5/14/2026 1:27 PM, Sebastian Gottschall wrote:
> there is an issue which has been discovered a while ago while testing
> which killed txpower to 0 dBm once scanning is triggered in AP mode
> on QCN9074 based chipsets if 6 GHz is in use.
> ath11k_wmi_send_vdev_set_tpc_power must be set in AP mode in the same
> way is it is for STA as it is implemented in ath12k and in the
> qsdk version for ath11k.
> this patch must be considered to be backported (i discovered that issue
> already 2 years ago)

In addition to Baochen's comments my comment is that this doesn't clearly
describe the problem and the solution.

The Submitting Patches document tells us to "Describe your changes [...] as if
you are giving orders to the codebase to change its behaviour."

Also a subject nit: s/Ghz/GHz/ for proper SI representation

/jeff