From: Ramasamy Kaliappan quic_rkaliapp@quicinc.com
[ Upstream commit 27d38bdfd416f4db70e09c3bef3b030c86fd235a ]
Currently, sometimes, the station is unable to identify the configured AP SSID in its scan results when the AP is not broadcasting its name publicly and has a hidden SSID.
Currently, channel dwell time for an ath12k station is 30 ms. Sometimes, station can send broadcast probe request to AP close to the end of dwell time. In some of these cases, before AP sends a response to the received probe request, the dwell time on the station side would come to an end. So, the station will move to scan next channel and will not be able to acknowledge the unicast probe response.
Resolve this issue by increasing station's channel dwell time to 70 ms, so that the it remains on the same channel for a longer period. This would increase the station's chance of receiving probe response from the AP. The station will then send a response acknowledgment back to the AP, thus leading to successful scan and BSS discovery.
With an increased dwell time, scan would take longer than it takes now. But, this fix is an improvement for hidden SSID scan issue.
Tested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.4.1-00199-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
Signed-off-by: Ramasamy Kaliappan quic_rkaliapp@quicinc.com Signed-off-by: Roopni Devanathan quic_rdevanat@quicinc.com Reviewed-by: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan vasanthakumar.thiagarajan@oss.qualcomm.com Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250207060005.153835-1-quic_rdevanat@quicinc.com Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson jeff.johnson@oss.qualcomm.com Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin sashal@kernel.org --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wmi.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wmi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wmi.c index c977dfbae0a46..d87d5980325e8 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wmi.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wmi.c @@ -2115,8 +2115,8 @@ void ath12k_wmi_start_scan_init(struct ath12k *ar, arg->dwell_time_active = 50; arg->dwell_time_active_2g = 0; arg->dwell_time_passive = 150; - arg->dwell_time_active_6g = 40; - arg->dwell_time_passive_6g = 30; + arg->dwell_time_active_6g = 70; + arg->dwell_time_passive_6g = 70; arg->min_rest_time = 50; arg->max_rest_time = 500; arg->repeat_probe_time = 0;