Re: [PATCH v2] wifi: mwifiex: fix STA cannot connect to AP

From: Francesco Dolcini
Date: Mon Dec 11 2023 - 02:47:09 EST


On Sat, Dec 09, 2023 at 07:41:27AM +0800, David Lin wrote:
> AP BSSID configuration is missing at AP start.
> Without this fix, FW returns STA interface MAC address after first init.
> When hostapd restarts, it gets MAC address from netdev before driver
> sets STA MAC to netdev again. Now MAC address between hostapd and net
> interface are different causes STA cannot connect to AP.
> After that MAC address of uap0 mlan0 become the same. And issue
> disappears after following hostapd restart (another issue is AP/STA MAC
> address become the same).
> This patch fixes the issue cleanly.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Lin <yu-hao.lin@xxxxxxx>
> Fixes: 12190c5d80bd ("mwifiex: add cfg80211 start_ap and stop_ap handlers")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Reviewed-by: Francesco Dolcini <francesco.dolcini@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Francesco