** Description changed: + SRU Justification: + + [ Impact ] + + * This is a hardware-enablement SRU + + * Recent wifi modules are compatible with wifi 7 that comes with a + bunch of cool features like Multi-Link Operation (MLO) which speeds up + wifi. The kernel is compatible with these since 24.04 (Noble) + + * wpa 2.11 is required for these features to be available. it's + available in Questing already. The release not is here: + https://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/hostap/2024-July/042847.html + + * There were 2295 commits from 2.10 to 2.11. During these, the wifi 7 + support and reliability was gradually improved. It feels much safer to + backport the version from Questing entirely compared to cherry-picking + patches. + + * The 2.11 version landed in Questing a bit more than a month ago, + which gave time for this new version to be tested by all questing users. + + [ Fix ] + + * The proposed fix consists in backporting the version from questing, + entirely. + + [ Test Plan ] + + 1. Run the Wireless Network certification suite from Checkbox, that will + * Connect and disconnect to all kind of wifi + * Scan the network + + wireless/wireless_scanning_interface + wireless/wireless_connection_wpa_bg_nm_interface + wireless/wireless_connection_open_bg_nm_interface + wireless/wireless_connection_wpa_n_nm_interface + wireless/wireless_connection_open_n_nm_interface + wireless/wireless_connection_wpa_ac_nm_interface + wireless/wireless_connection_open_ac_nm_interface + wireless/wireless_connection_wpa_ax_nm_interface + wireless/wireless_connection_wpa3_ax_nm_interface + wireless/wireless_connection_open_ax_nm_interface + wireless/wireless_connection_wpa_be_nm_interface + wireless/wireless_connection_wpa3_be_nm_interface + wireless/wireless_connection_open_be_nm_interface + + 2. Run the Multi-link operation test suite from Checkbox, that will + test the compatibility with MLO + + wireless/wifi7_mlo_interface + + 3. My test plan involves having 5 persons using this daily for a week + (at least on Noble). I'd like to have a diverse set of routers and + machines involved. The testers will be asked to be more aware than usual + about wifi disconnections, and reliability. I'll ask them to run + bandwith test every morning with both the proposed package and the + original one. + + + [ Where problems could occur ] + + * Given the size of the update, any wifi-related issue could happen. + * The test plan tries to cover as much wifi usage as possible to reflect this. + + [ Other Info ] + + * I've been using wpa 2.11 on my side for a month, on Noble. No issue + there, but I don't have a wifi 7 router. + + -------------------------------------------------------- + + original description: + hostapd/wpa_supplicant got a new version: https://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/hostap/2024-July/042847.html This issue is about bumping the version Ubuntu. Debian is not up-to- date, yet.
** Description changed: SRU Justification: [ Impact ] - * This is a hardware-enablement SRU + * This is a hardware-enablement SRU - * Recent wifi modules are compatible with wifi 7 that comes with a + * Recent wifi modules are compatible with wifi 7 that comes with a bunch of cool features like Multi-Link Operation (MLO) which speeds up wifi. The kernel is compatible with these since 24.04 (Noble) - * wpa 2.11 is required for these features to be available. it's - available in Questing already. The release not is here: + * wpa 2.11 is required for these features to be available. it's + available in Questing already. The release note is here: https://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/hostap/2024-July/042847.html - * There were 2295 commits from 2.10 to 2.11. During these, the wifi 7 + * There were 2295 commits from 2.10 to 2.11. During these, the wifi 7 support and reliability was gradually improved. It feels much safer to backport the version from Questing entirely compared to cherry-picking patches. - * The 2.11 version landed in Questing a bit more than a month ago, + * The 2.11 version landed in Questing a bit more than a month ago, which gave time for this new version to be tested by all questing users. [ Fix ] - * The proposed fix consists in backporting the version from questing, + * The proposed fix consists in backporting the version from questing, entirely. [ Test Plan ] - 1. Run the Wireless Network certification suite from Checkbox, that will - * Connect and disconnect to all kind of wifi - * Scan the network + 1. Run the Wireless Network certification suite from Checkbox, that will + * Connect and disconnect to all kind of wifi + * Scan the network - wireless/wireless_scanning_interface - wireless/wireless_connection_wpa_bg_nm_interface - wireless/wireless_connection_open_bg_nm_interface - wireless/wireless_connection_wpa_n_nm_interface - wireless/wireless_connection_open_n_nm_interface - wireless/wireless_connection_wpa_ac_nm_interface - wireless/wireless_connection_open_ac_nm_interface - wireless/wireless_connection_wpa_ax_nm_interface - wireless/wireless_connection_wpa3_ax_nm_interface - wireless/wireless_connection_open_ax_nm_interface - wireless/wireless_connection_wpa_be_nm_interface - wireless/wireless_connection_wpa3_be_nm_interface - wireless/wireless_connection_open_be_nm_interface + wireless/wireless_scanning_interface + wireless/wireless_connection_wpa_bg_nm_interface + wireless/wireless_connection_open_bg_nm_interface + wireless/wireless_connection_wpa_n_nm_interface + wireless/wireless_connection_open_n_nm_interface + wireless/wireless_connection_wpa_ac_nm_interface + wireless/wireless_connection_open_ac_nm_interface + wireless/wireless_connection_wpa_ax_nm_interface + wireless/wireless_connection_wpa3_ax_nm_interface + wireless/wireless_connection_open_ax_nm_interface + wireless/wireless_connection_wpa_be_nm_interface + wireless/wireless_connection_wpa3_be_nm_interface + wireless/wireless_connection_open_be_nm_interface - 2. Run the Multi-link operation test suite from Checkbox, that will + 2. Run the Multi-link operation test suite from Checkbox, that will test the compatibility with MLO - wireless/wifi7_mlo_interface + wireless/wifi7_mlo_interface - 3. My test plan involves having 5 persons using this daily for a week + 3. My test plan involves having 5 persons using this daily for a week (at least on Noble). I'd like to have a diverse set of routers and machines involved. The testers will be asked to be more aware than usual about wifi disconnections, and reliability. I'll ask them to run bandwith test every morning with both the proposed package and the original one. - [ Where problems could occur ] - * Given the size of the update, any wifi-related issue could happen. - * The test plan tries to cover as much wifi usage as possible to reflect this. + * Given the size of the update, any wifi-related issue could happen. + * The test plan tries to cover as much wifi usage as possible to reflect this. [ Other Info ] - * I've been using wpa 2.11 on my side for a month, on Noble. No issue + * I've been using wpa 2.11 on my side for a month, on Noble. No issue there, but I don't have a wifi 7 router. -------------------------------------------------------- original description: hostapd/wpa_supplicant got a new version: https://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/hostap/2024-July/042847.html This issue is about bumping the version Ubuntu. Debian is not up-to- date, yet. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2117497 Title: Upgrade to 2.11 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/+bug/2117497/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
