Re: [PATCH] wifi: rtl8xxxu: toggle P2P for supported devices
From: Bitterblue Smith
Date: Wed Jun 25 2025 - 12:01:48 EST
On 25/06/2025 17:25, Martin Rodriguez Reboredo wrote:
> This is a MR to see if rtl8xxxu can be made to support P2P.
>
> Theoretically this should be handled by mac80211 but it seems that
> drivers may have to take some extra steps depending on which device we
> are talking about. I know that this patch is so basic that it might be
> missing some H2C commands or similar for this to work on Realtek chips
> but I don't have the required knowledge for me to implement it, so if
> you know a place to read about I'll be glad to hear.
>
> As of now only rtl8192ex devices have their P2P_CLIENT and P2P_GO wiphy
> interface modes ensured because those are the only ones I can test on
> my rtl8192eu card. The rest of chips have them set from what I've seen
> in a cursory Internet search, they might or might not work.
>
> Signed-off-by: Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <yakoyoku@xxxxxxxxx>
So... does it work with your chip? How do we test?