Re: [PATCH] Revert "wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: remove support for REDUCE_TX_POWER_CMD ver 6 and 7"

From: Bartosz Golaszewski
Date: Sun Oct 05 2025 - 04:38:29 EST


On Sat, Oct 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM Korenblit, Miriam Rachel
<miriam.rachel.korenblit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Saturday, October 4, 2025 5:19 PM
> > To: Korenblit, Miriam Rachel <miriam.rachel.korenblit@xxxxxxxxx>; Berg,
> > Johannes <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>; Anjaneyulu, Pagadala Yesu
> > <pagadala.yesu.anjaneyulu@xxxxxxxxx>; Grumbach, Emmanuel
> > <emmanuel.grumbach@xxxxxxxxx>; Bhaskar Chowdhury
> > <unixbhaskar@xxxxxxxxx>; Bartosz Golaszewski
> > <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>; Peer, Ilan <ilan.peer@xxxxxxxxx>; Gabay,
> > Daniel <daniel.gabay@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: remove support for
> > REDUCE_TX_POWER_CMD ver 6 and 7"
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > This reverts commit e3fd06d1d8869747e02a022e3c9045a3187f3aa5 as it
> > > broke wifi on my Thinkpad P1 (Intel AX210) in v6.17. I don't have a
> > > better idea than reverting as - contrary to what the commit message
> > > claims - this chip seems to still be using the commands removed by this
> > commit.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> >
> > And here's the kernel log: https://pastebin.com/zrTPbE0j
> >
> > Bartosz
>
> Hi
>
> I think you reverted the wrong commit?
> Didn’t you mean
> e3fd06d1d886 ("wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: remove support for REDUCE_TX_POWER_CMD ver 6 and 7")
> ?
>

This is the same commit though, right? Am I missing something?

> Anyway, for fixing this issue, can I ask you to upgrade your FW? Then you should not see this error anymore.
>

To what? I'm already at iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-89 which seems to be the
most recent firmware for this card.

Bartosz