tech@,

I think that Report RSSI as percentage, it is more user friendly than dBm.

So, here I've used the same conversion logic as iwx for both qwz and qwx.

Ok?

Index: sys/dev/ic/qwx.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvs/src/sys/dev/ic/qwx.c,v
diff -u -p -r1.111 qwx.c
--- sys/dev/ic/qwx.c	19 May 2026 10:36:02 -0000	1.111
+++ sys/dev/ic/qwx.c	19 May 2026 22:39:09 -0000
@@ -13534,6 +13534,7 @@ qwx_mgmt_rx_event(struct qwx_softc *sc, 
 	struct ieee80211_rxinfo rxi;
 	struct ieee80211_frame *wh;
 	struct ieee80211_node *ni;
+	int rssi, rssi_dbm;
 
 	if (qwx_pull_mgmt_rx_params_tlv(sc, m, &rx_ev) != 0) {
 		printf("%s: failed to extract mgmt rx event\n",
@@ -13570,7 +13571,10 @@ qwx_mgmt_rx_event(struct qwx_softc *sc, 
 	}
 
 	rxi.rxi_chan = rx_ev.channel;
-	rxi.rxi_rssi = rx_ev.snr + ATH11K_DEFAULT_NOISE_FLOOR;
+	rssi_dbm = rx_ev.snr + ATH11K_DEFAULT_NOISE_FLOOR;
+	rssi = (0 - QWX_MIN_DBM) + rssi_dbm;	/* normalize */
+	rssi = MIN(rssi, ic->ic_max_rssi);	/* clip to max. 100% */
+	rxi.rxi_rssi = rssi;
 #if 0
 	status->rate_idx = ath11k_mac_bitrate_to_idx(sband, rx_ev.rate / 100);
 #endif
@@ -13627,7 +13631,7 @@ qwx_mgmt_rx_event(struct qwx_softc *sc, 
 		}
 		tap->wr_rate = rx_ev.rate / 500;
 		tap->wr_chan_flags = htole16(chan_flags);
-		tap->wr_dbm_antsignal = rxi.rxi_rssi;
+		tap->wr_dbm_antsignal = rssi_dbm;
 
 		bpf_mtap_hdr(sc->sc_drvbpf, tap, sc->sc_rxtap_len,
 		    m, BPF_DIRECTION_IN);
@@ -16109,11 +16113,13 @@ qwx_dp_tx_complete_msdu(struct qwx_softc
 	 */
 	if (ts->status == HAL_WBM_TQM_REL_REASON_FRAME_ACKED &&
 	    ts->ack_rssi != 0) {
-		int8_t rssi_dbm = (int8_t)ts->ack_rssi;
+		int rssi = (int8_t)ts->ack_rssi;
 		if (!isset(sc->wmi.svc_map,
 		    WMI_TLV_SERVICE_HW_DB2DBM_CONVERSION_SUPPORT))
-			rssi_dbm += ATH11K_DEFAULT_NOISE_FLOOR;
-		tx_data->ni->ni_rssi = rssi_dbm;
+			rssi += ATH11K_DEFAULT_NOISE_FLOOR;
+		rssi = (0 - QWX_MIN_DBM) + rssi;	/* normalize */
+		rssi = MIN(rssi, ic->ic_max_rssi);	/* clip to max. 100% */
+		tx_data->ni->ni_rssi = rssi;
 	}
 
 	ieee80211_release_node(ic, tx_data->ni);
Index: sys/dev/ic/qwxreg.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvs/src/sys/dev/ic/qwxreg.h,v
diff -u -p -r1.12 qwxreg.h
--- sys/dev/ic/qwxreg.h	4 Aug 2025 11:39:50 -0000	1.12
+++ sys/dev/ic/qwxreg.h	19 May 2026 22:28:22 -0000
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ enum ath11k_crypt_mode {
 
 /* Antenna noise floor */
 #define ATH11K_DEFAULT_NOISE_FLOOR -95
+#define QWX_MIN_DBM	-100
+#define QWX_MAX_DBM	-33	/* realistic guess */
 
 /*
  * wmi.h
Index: sys/dev/ic/qwz.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvs/src/sys/dev/ic/qwz.c,v
diff -u -p -r1.33 qwz.c
--- sys/dev/ic/qwz.c	19 May 2026 21:15:21 -0000	1.33
+++ sys/dev/ic/qwz.c	19 May 2026 22:36:42 -0000
@@ -11636,6 +11636,7 @@ qwz_mgmt_rx_event(struct qwz_softc *sc, 
 	struct ieee80211_rxinfo rxi;
 	struct ieee80211_frame *wh;
 	struct ieee80211_node *ni;
+	int rssi;
 
 	if (qwz_pull_mgmt_rx_params_tlv(sc, m, &rx_ev) != 0) {
 		printf("%s: failed to extract mgmt rx event\n",
@@ -11672,7 +11673,10 @@ qwz_mgmt_rx_event(struct qwz_softc *sc, 
 	}
 
 	rxi.rxi_chan = rx_ev.channel;
-	rxi.rxi_rssi = rx_ev.snr + ATH12K_DEFAULT_NOISE_FLOOR;
+	rssi = rx_ev.snr + ATH12K_DEFAULT_NOISE_FLOOR;
+	rssi = (0 - QWZ_MIN_DBM) + rssi;	/* normalize */
+	rssi = MIN(rssi, ic->ic_max_rssi);	/* clip to max. 100% */
+	rxi.rxi_rssi = rssi;
 #if 0
 	status->rate_idx = ath12k_mac_bitrate_to_idx(sband, rx_ev.rate / 100);
 #endif
Index: sys/dev/ic/qwzreg.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvs/src/sys/dev/ic/qwzreg.h,v
diff -u -p -r1.15 qwzreg.h
--- sys/dev/ic/qwzreg.h	18 May 2026 13:47:32 -0000	1.15
+++ sys/dev/ic/qwzreg.h	19 May 2026 22:28:22 -0000
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ enum ath12k_crypt_mode {
 
 /* Antenna noise floor */
 #define ATH12K_DEFAULT_NOISE_FLOOR -95
+#define QWZ_MIN_DBM	-100
+#define QWZ_MAX_DBM	-33	/* realistic guess */
 
 /*
  * wmi.h
Index: sys/dev/pci/if_qwx_pci.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvs/src/sys/dev/pci/if_qwx_pci.c,v
diff -u -p -r1.33 if_qwx_pci.c
--- sys/dev/pci/if_qwx_pci.c	19 May 2026 08:57:27 -0000	1.33
+++ sys/dev/pci/if_qwx_pci.c	19 May 2026 22:28:22 -0000
@@ -1105,6 +1105,8 @@ unsupported_wcn6855_soc:
 	/* IBSS channel undefined for now. */
 	ic->ic_ibss_chan = &ic->ic_channels[1];
 
+	ic->ic_max_rssi = QWX_MAX_DBM - QWX_MIN_DBM;
+
 	ifp->if_softc = sc;
 	ifp->if_flags = IFF_BROADCAST | IFF_SIMPLEX | IFF_MULTICAST;
 	ifp->if_ioctl = qwx_ioctl;
Index: sys/dev/pci/if_qwz_pci.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvs/src/sys/dev/pci/if_qwz_pci.c,v
diff -u -p -r1.11 if_qwz_pci.c
--- sys/dev/pci/if_qwz_pci.c	18 May 2026 13:47:32 -0000	1.11
+++ sys/dev/pci/if_qwz_pci.c	19 May 2026 22:28:22 -0000
@@ -983,6 +983,8 @@ qwz_pci_attach(struct device *parent, st
 	/* IBSS channel undefined for now. */
 	ic->ic_ibss_chan = &ic->ic_channels[1];
 
+	ic->ic_max_rssi = QWZ_MAX_DBM - QWZ_MIN_DBM;
+
 	ifp->if_softc = sc;
 	ifp->if_flags = IFF_BROADCAST | IFF_SIMPLEX | IFF_MULTICAST;
 	ifp->if_ioctl = qwz_ioctl;



-- 
wbr, Kirill