linux-stable.git/drivers/net/wireless/ath, branch v3.2.53 Linux kernel stable tree ath9k: avoid accessing MRC registers on single-chain devices 2013-10-26T20:05:58+00:00 Felix Fietkau nbd@openwrt.org 2013-08-13T10:33:28+00:00 44527b813312ca17cc98623b2cbc9ce1f473038a commit a1c781bb20ac1e03280e420abd47a99eb8bbdd3b upstream. They are not implemented, and accessing them might trigger errors Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> 
commit a1c781bb20ac1e03280e420abd47a99eb8bbdd3b upstream.

They are not implemented, and accessing them might trigger errors

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
ath9k: fix rx descriptor related race condition 2013-10-26T20:05:58+00:00 Felix Fietkau nbd@openwrt.org 2013-08-10T13:59:15+00:00 42cb87a101c3fd0e080e9605ee70275efdcc8280 commit e96542e55a2aacf4bdeccfe2f17b77c4895b4df2 upstream. Similar to a race condition that exists in the tx path, the hardware might re-read the 'next' pointer of a descriptor of the last completed frame. This only affects non-EDMA (pre-AR93xx) devices. To deal with this race, defer clearing and re-linking a completed rx descriptor until the next one has been processed. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> 
commit e96542e55a2aacf4bdeccfe2f17b77c4895b4df2 upstream.

Similar to a race condition that exists in the tx path, the hardware
might re-read the 'next' pointer of a descriptor of the last completed
frame. This only affects non-EDMA (pre-AR93xx) devices.

To deal with this race, defer clearing and re-linking a completed rx
descriptor until the next one has been processed.

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
ath9k: always clear ps filter bit on new assoc 2013-10-26T20:05:58+00:00 Felix Fietkau nbd@openwrt.org 2013-08-06T12:18:10+00:00 bd1d8b9014eae19a1f87197984f051760236a2bc commit 026d5b07c03458f9c0ccd19c3850564a5409c325 upstream. Otherwise in some cases, EAPOL frames might be filtered during the initial handshake, causing delays and assoc failures. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> 
commit 026d5b07c03458f9c0ccd19c3850564a5409c325 upstream.

Otherwise in some cases, EAPOL frames might be filtered during the
initial handshake, causing delays and assoc failures.

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
ath9k_htc: Restore skb headroom when returning skb to mac80211 2013-09-10T00:57:33+00:00 Helmut Schaa helmut.schaa@googlemail.com 2013-08-16T19:39:40+00:00 83537f7467eb1f42014cd48cbd615c101cfc4d98 commit d2e9fc141e2aa21f4b35ee27072d84e9aa6e2ba0 upstream. ath9k_htc adds padding between the 802.11 header and the payload during TX by moving the header. When handing the frame back to mac80211 for TX status handling the header is not moved back into its original position. This can result in a too small skb headroom when entering ath9k_htc again (due to a soft retransmission for example) causing an skb_under_panic oops. Fix this by moving the 802.11 header back into its original position before returning the frame to mac80211 as other drivers like rt2x00 or ath5k do. Reported-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@blackshift.org> Signed-off-by: Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@googlemail.com> Tested-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@blackshift.org> Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@blackshift.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> 
commit d2e9fc141e2aa21f4b35ee27072d84e9aa6e2ba0 upstream.

ath9k_htc adds padding between the 802.11 header and the payload during
TX by moving the header. When handing the frame back to mac80211 for TX
status handling the header is not moved back into its original position.
This can result in a too small skb headroom when entering ath9k_htc
again (due to a soft retransmission for example) causing an
skb_under_panic oops.

Fix this by moving the 802.11 header back into its original position
before returning the frame to mac80211 as other drivers like rt2x00
or ath5k do.

Reported-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@blackshift.org>
Signed-off-by: Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@googlemail.com>
Tested-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@blackshift.org>
Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@blackshift.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
ath9k_htc: do some initial hardware configuration 2013-09-10T00:57:12+00:00 Oleksij Rempel linux@rempel-privat.de 2013-07-19T18:16:17+00:00 cab200d2837cf98d293c06c5bbcefd5ae2df7c66 commit dc2a87f519a4d8cb376ab54f22b6b98a943b51ce upstream. Currently we configure harwdare and clock, only after interface start. In this case, if we reload module or reboot PC without configuring adapter, firmware will freeze. There is no software way to reset adpter. This patch add initial configuration and set it in disabled state, to avoid this freeze. Behaviour of this patch should be similar to: ifconfig wlan0 up; ifconfig wlan0 down. Bug: https://github.com/qca/open-ath9k-htc-firmware/issues/1 Tested-by: Bo Shi <cnshibo@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <linux@rempel-privat.de> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> 
commit dc2a87f519a4d8cb376ab54f22b6b98a943b51ce upstream.

Currently we configure harwdare and clock, only after
interface start. In this case, if we reload module or
reboot PC without configuring adapter, firmware will freeze.
There is no software way to reset adpter.

This patch add initial configuration and set it in
disabled state, to avoid this freeze. Behaviour of this patch
should be similar to: ifconfig wlan0 up; ifconfig wlan0 down.

Bug: https://github.com/qca/open-ath9k-htc-firmware/issues/1
Tested-by: Bo Shi <cnshibo@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <linux@rempel-privat.de>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
ath9k: Do not assign noise for NULL caldata 2013-07-27T04:34:10+00:00 Sujith Manoharan c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com 2013-06-10T08:19:40+00:00 d642e1a1f0442b897ad000d1af325b6c78a02b94 commit d3bcb7b24bbf09fde8405770e676fe0c11c79662 upstream. ah->noise is maintained globally and not per-channel. This is updated in the reset() routine after the NF history has been filled for the *current channel*, just before switching to the new channel. There is no need to do it inside getnf(), since ah->noise must contain a value for the new channel. Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> 
commit d3bcb7b24bbf09fde8405770e676fe0c11c79662 upstream.

ah->noise is maintained globally and not per-channel. This
is updated in the reset() routine after the NF history has been
filled for the *current channel*, just before switching to
the new channel. There is no need to do it inside getnf(), since
ah->noise must contain a value for the new channel.

Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
ath9k: Fix noisefloor calibration 2013-07-27T04:34:10+00:00 Sujith Manoharan c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com 2013-06-10T08:19:39+00:00 df8c1e2ba1f2f31f6ed28ba3cc4c14a69358404c commit 696df78509d1f81b651dd98ecdc1aecab616db6b upstream. The commits, "ath9k: Fix regression in channelwidth switch at the same channel" "ath9k: Fix invalid noisefloor reading due to channel update" attempted to fix noisefloor calibration when a channel switch happens due to HT20/HT40 bandwidth change. This is causing invalid readings resulting in messages like: "ath: phy16: NF[0] (-45) > MAX (-95), correcting to MAX". This results in an incorrect noise being used initially for reporting the signal level of received packets, until NF calibration is done and the history buffer is updated via the ANI timer, which happens much later. When a bandwidth change happens, it is appropriate to reset the internal history data for the channel. Do this correctly in the reset() routine by checking the "chanmode" variable. Cc: Rajkumar Manoharan <rmanohar@qca.qualcomm.com> Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> [bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context, indentation] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> 
commit 696df78509d1f81b651dd98ecdc1aecab616db6b upstream.

The commits,

"ath9k: Fix regression in channelwidth switch at the same channel"
"ath9k: Fix invalid noisefloor reading due to channel update"

attempted to fix noisefloor calibration when a channel switch
happens due to HT20/HT40 bandwidth change. This is causing invalid
readings resulting in messages like:

"ath: phy16: NF[0] (-45) > MAX (-95), correcting to MAX".

This results in an incorrect noise being used initially for reporting
the signal level of received packets, until NF calibration is done
and the history buffer is updated via the ANI timer, which happens
much later.

When a bandwidth change happens, it is appropriate to reset
the internal history data for the channel. Do this correctly in the
reset() routine by checking the "chanmode" variable.

Cc: Rajkumar Manoharan <rmanohar@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context, indentation]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
ath9k: fill channel mode in caldata 2013-07-27T04:34:10+00:00 Rajkumar Manoharan rmanohar@qca.qualcomm.com 2012-10-12T08:37:24+00:00 9990a882ec3cb26b4f9dc15febb769c34846e2a8 commit 77d848372875d2e4cbdbf07030f0e08cab5e7f4d upstream. It is useful to have channel mode in caldata to find out whether operaing channel is in HT40/20 when we are currently on offchannel. It will be used by BTCOEX to enable/disable concurrent tx mechanism later. Signed-off-by: Rajkumar Manoharan <rmanohar@qca.qualcomm.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> 
commit 77d848372875d2e4cbdbf07030f0e08cab5e7f4d upstream.

It is useful to have channel mode in caldata to find out
whether operaing channel is in HT40/20 when we are currently
on offchannel. It will be used by BTCOEX to enable/disable
concurrent tx mechanism later.

Signed-off-by: Rajkumar Manoharan <rmanohar@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
ath9k_hw: Assign default xlna config for AR9485 2013-07-27T04:34:09+00:00 Sujith Manoharan c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com 2013-06-10T08:19:38+00:00 041aacd868cda63b3218d055888d1af635126949 commit 30d5b709da23f4ab9836c7f66d2d2e780a69cf12 upstream. For AR9485 boards with XLNA, the default gpio config is not set correctly, fix this. Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> [bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> 
commit 30d5b709da23f4ab9836c7f66d2d2e780a69cf12 upstream.

For AR9485 boards with XLNA, the default gpio config
is not set correctly, fix this.

Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
ath9k: Use minstrel rate control by default 2013-06-19T01:16:59+00:00 Sujith Manoharan c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com 2013-06-06T04:36:29+00:00 9fa72f6b1b0faa477a8317902e6f6eb2b32c832d commit 5efac94999ff218e0101f67a059e44abb4b0b523 upstream. The ath9k rate control algorithm has various architectural issues that make it a poor fit in scenarios like congested environments etc. An example: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=927191 Change the default to minstrel which is more robust in such cases. The ath9k RC code is left in the driver for now, maybe it can be removed altogether later on. Cc: Jouni Malinen <jouni@qca.qualcomm.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> [bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> 
commit 5efac94999ff218e0101f67a059e44abb4b0b523 upstream.

The ath9k rate control algorithm has various architectural
issues that make it a poor fit in scenarios like congested
environments etc.

An example: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=927191

Change the default to minstrel which is more robust in such cases.
The ath9k RC code is left in the driver for now, maybe it can
be removed altogether later on.

Cc: Jouni Malinen <jouni@qca.qualcomm.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>