Re: [PATCH ath-next] wifi: ath12k: Set DTIM policy to stick mode for station interface

From: Baochen Qiang

Date: Thu Jul 16 2026 - 21:59:54 EST




On 7/17/2026 9:43 AM, Daizhuang Bai wrote:
> Currently, the station always follows the listen interval regardless of
> the DTIM value. The DTIM function does not work as expected. The default
> value of the listen interval is 5 so that the STA wakes up every 500ms
> when power save is on. This can cause a data transmission delay.
>
> Set the DTIM policy to DTIM stick mode so that the station follows the AP
> DTIM interval rather than the listen interval, which is set in the peer
> assoc command. DTIM stick mode is preferable per the firmware team's request.
>
> Apply this only for STA vdevs and only when STA power save is supported, to
> avoid affecting unsupported targets and P2P client vdevs.
>
> Tested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HMT.1.1.c7-00108-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ_UPSTREAM-3
>
> Signed-off-by: Daizhuang Bai <daizhuang.bai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Baochen Qiang <baochen.qiang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>