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[06/11] iwlwifi: mvm: Use all Rx chains for roaming scan

Message ID iwlwifi.20211024165252.f115ad455aca.I5de854fe8ce58c85c21a7adf43526acb29156a08@changeid (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Commit e699bdea24104cb1add30ae019347d2a5ebe1f63
Delegated to: Luca Coelho
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Series iwlwifi: updates intended for v5.16 2021-10-24 | expand

Commit Message

Luca Coelho Oct. 24, 2021, 1:55 p.m. UTC 
From: Ilan Peer <ilan.peer@intel.com>

To improve chances of hearing beacons and probe responses during
a scan which (based on the scan request parameters) looks like a
roaming scan, enable reception on all chains.

Signed-off-by: Ilan Peer <ilan.peer@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/scan.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/scan.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/scan.c
index ce8bdbc70b7e..a138b5c4cce8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/scan.c
@@ -1995,8 +1995,16 @@  static u16 iwl_mvm_scan_umac_flags_v2(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
 {
 	u16 flags = 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * If no direct SSIDs are provided perform a passive scan. Otherwise,
+	 * if there is a single SSID which is not the broadcast SSID, assume
+	 * that the scan is intended for roaming purposes and thus enable Rx on
+	 * all chains to improve chances of hearing the beacons/probe responses.
+	 */
 	if (params->n_ssids == 0)
 		flags |= IWL_UMAC_SCAN_GEN_FLAGS_V2_FORCE_PASSIVE;
+	else if (params->n_ssids == 1 && params->ssids[0].ssid_len)
+		flags |= IWL_UMAC_SCAN_GEN_FLAGS_V2_USE_ALL_RX_CHAINS;
 
 	if (iwl_mvm_is_scan_fragmented(params->type))
 		flags |= IWL_UMAC_SCAN_GEN_FLAGS_V2_FRAGMENTED_LMAC1;