RE: [PATCH] wifi: rtw88: increase TX report timeout to fix race condition

From: Ping-Ke Shih

Date: Wed May 06 2026 - 04:29:53 EST


> >> I also realize now that globally changing RTW_TX_PROBE_TIMEOUT to
> >> 2500ms is too heavy-handed. Since this impacts all rtw88 chips,
> >> including PCIe variants where 500ms might be exactly what is needed to
> >> catch a real firmware lockup, the blast radius is too large. How would
> >> you prefer I handle this for the v2 patch? I can either implement a
> >> more conservative global bump, or make the timeout dynamic based on
> >> the HCI interface so USB devices get a longer timeout to accommodate
> >> the bus latency during scans.

I'd limit this change to USB devices, even limit to RTL8723DU you tested.
As RTL8822CU supports hw_scan, the symptom might be different.

Ping-Ke