Weekly Development report(Jan 29 ~ Feb 02) on the iwlwifi WiFi project
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Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2024 14:24:11 UTC
I was still focusing on the problem in PR 276083 <https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=276083> last week, which caused a timeout in iwlwifi firmware during 802.11n (11ng, 11na) association, thus failing 11n association. But this problem may need a second help after I have to move it to a lower priority. 1. Given the problem could be in an earlier command or a missing command, or a flag, (a needle in a haystack), etc, I am narrowing down the problem/learning scope. - In discussion, Bjoern reached out in his contact and found some feedback about the problem which may be caused by a short hcmd size. - With the help of trace-cmd and some hex raw data dump in Linux/FreeBSD, in comparison we found the raw data in the specific hcmd (grp=5, cmd=22) was intact. So the hcmd size problem is highly likely ruled-out. - Further investigation from Bjoern showed the hcmd had reached the firmware and at least processed to some extent, but the answer didn't come back. - We decided to reach out to the contact again and hope there is some help/feedback. 2. Meanwhile, I am lowering down the priority of PR 276083 <https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=276083>, and focusing on remaining tasks. After discussion, I will work on some other TX/data path after disabling the ampdu_rx* case. 3. Finished reviewing D43646, D43635, D43512. -- Best Regards, Cheng Cui