[PATCH 1/4] wifi: rtw89: advertise EML Capabilities and Restricted TWT for 8922a
From: Louis Kotze
Date: Mon May 04 2026 - 00:49:08 EST
Wi-Fi Alliance Certificate WFA129313 (RTL8922AE 802.11be and Bluetooth
combo module, 2024-05-23, FW 6102.24.109.0) certifies EMLSR (Enhanced
Multilink Single-Radio) and STR (Simultaneous Transmit and Receive) for
this chip. The driver currently sets eml_capabilities = 0 and
mld_capa_and_ops = 0 in the Station iftype-ext-cap, which prevents the
AP from negotiating EMLSR mode with this STA — multi-link association
either falls back to MLSR (single-link) or fails entirely.
Populate eml_capabilities with IEEE80211_EML_CAP_EMLSR_SUPP plus
EML padding delay (256 us, IEEE80211_EML_CAP_EML_PADDING_DELAY_256US
since commit 5858f5e1588f ("wifi: Rename EMLSR delay constants and
add EMLMR helpers and definitions")) and EMLSR transition delay
(32 us) to match the EMLSR negotiation parameters Realtek's
certified silicon supports.
mld_capa_and_ops is left at 0 (= MAX_SIMUL_LINKS field 0 = "1 max
simultaneous link"), consistent with the EMLSR-only operating mode the
driver implements per enum rtw89_mlo_mode {MLSR, EMLSR} (no STR mode
in the driver despite WFA-cert silicon support).
Also add IEEE80211_EHT_MAC_CAP0_RESTRICTED_TWT to mac_cap_info[0].
The RTL8922A EHT MAC supports R-TWT for latency-sensitive scheduling;
the cap bit was hard-zeroed alongside the other EHT mac/phy caps in
rtw89_init_eht_cap().
Tested on RTL8922AU (USB variant, same MAC + RF as cert'd PCIe AE)
against TP-Link Deco BE63 mesh: dual-link MLO assoc works
(active_links = 0x4 confirms expected EMLSR mode, Link 2 / 6 GHz
active), 60h+ stable association, 11/11 wifi-health-check probes
pass, no kernel warnings or wpa_supplicant errors.
Note on EMLMR (EML Cap bit 7, IEEE80211_EML_CAP_EMLMR_SUPPORT): not
advertised. The WFA cert does NOT list EMLMR for this chip.
RTL8922A has rf_path_num=2 (single 2T2R RF block shared across 2.4,
5, 6 GHz), and the driver has no EMLMR enum, firmware H2C path, or
PHY register block. EMLSR is the architectural ceiling for this
silicon.
Link: https://api.cert.wi-fi.org/api/certificate/download/public?variantId=129706 [WFA cert WFA129313]
Signed-off-by: Louis Kotze <loukot@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/core.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/core.c
index 70feab97dccb..056639db1dfa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/core.c
@@ -217,7 +217,10 @@ static const struct wiphy_iftype_ext_capab rtw89_iftypes_ext_capa[] = {
.extended_capabilities_mask = rtw89_ext_capa_sta,
.extended_capabilities_len = sizeof(rtw89_ext_capa_sta),
/* relevant only if EHT is supported */
- .eml_capabilities = 0,
+ .eml_capabilities =
+ IEEE80211_EML_CAP_EMLSR_SUPP |
+ (IEEE80211_EML_CAP_EML_PADDING_DELAY_256US << 1) |
+ (IEEE80211_EML_CAP_EMLSR_TRANSITION_DELAY_32US << 4),
.mld_capa_and_ops = 0,
},
};
@@ -5557,7 +5560,8 @@ static void rtw89_init_eht_cap(struct rtw89_dev *rtwdev,
eht_cap_elem->mac_cap_info[0] =
u8_encode_bits(chip->max_eht_mpdu_cap,
- IEEE80211_EHT_MAC_CAP0_MAX_MPDU_LEN_MASK);
+ IEEE80211_EHT_MAC_CAP0_MAX_MPDU_LEN_MASK) |
+ IEEE80211_EHT_MAC_CAP0_RESTRICTED_TWT;
eht_cap_elem->mac_cap_info[1] = 0;
eht_cap_elem->phy_cap_info[0] =
--
2.54.0