Re: [PATCH] mt76: mt7615: do not advertise 5 GHz on first phy of MT7615D (DBDC)

From: Simon Horman
Date: Tue Jun 06 2023 - 05:16:52 EST


On Tue, Jun 06, 2023 at 12:12:51PM +0300, Paul Fertser wrote:
> Hi Simon,
>
> On Tue, Jun 06, 2023 at 11:03:31AM +0200, Simon Horman wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 05, 2023 at 10:34:07AM +0300, Paul Fertser wrote:
> > > On DBDC devices the first (internal) phy is only capable of using
> > > 2.4 GHz band, and the 5 GHz band is exposed via a separate phy object,
> > > so avoid the false advertising.
> >
> > Can I clarify that the second object won't hit the logic change
> > below and thus be limited to 2GHz?
>
> The second object (external 5 GHz phy) doesn't have an EEPROM of its
> own, and is created explicitly with just this band enabled:
>
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7615/pci_init.c#L104
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7615/init.c#L573
>
> So it won't hit the logic change and it will be limited to 5 GHz.

Thanks Paul,

in that case this patch looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>