git: db69f613ee45 - main - [iwx] tell net80211 not to originate NULL data frames
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Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2025 00:47:41 UTC
The branch main has been updated by adrian:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=db69f613ee45c2614a38d40f3e82733e6247e13a
commit db69f613ee45c2614a38d40f3e82733e6247e13a
Author: Adrian Chadd <adrian@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2025-08-30 05:10:22 +0000
Commit: Adrian Chadd <adrian@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2025-09-20 00:47:20 +0000
[iwx] tell net80211 not to originate NULL data frames
Tell it not to originate NULL / QoS NULL data frames.
The firmware will handle them here.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D52300
Reviewed by: bz
Locally tested:
* 9260, STA mode
---
sys/dev/iwx/if_iwx.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/sys/dev/iwx/if_iwx.c b/sys/dev/iwx/if_iwx.c
index 1fe531d69933..3b29c8e78b97 100644
--- a/sys/dev/iwx/if_iwx.c
+++ b/sys/dev/iwx/if_iwx.c
@@ -10474,6 +10474,8 @@ iwx_attach(device_t dev)
ic->ic_flags_ext = IEEE80211_FEXT_SCAN_OFFLOAD;
/* Enable seqno offload */
ic->ic_flags_ext |= IEEE80211_FEXT_SEQNO_OFFLOAD;
+ /* Don't send null data frames; let firmware do it */
+ ic->ic_flags_ext |= IEEE80211_FEXT_NO_NULLDATA;
ic->ic_txstream = 2;
ic->ic_rxstream = 2;