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| author | Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> | 2009-11-24 02:53:25 -0500 |
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| committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2009-11-28 15:04:49 -0500 |
| commit | e7824a50662f7f79b1a739f705b4d906c31cf221 (patch) | |
| tree | 20f92622698f9f07524db55691e0322b298031db /drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/reg.h | |
| parent | 6b65b6ad016f048547127946d1afe4ba41c74296 (diff) | |
ath9k: fix processing of TX PS null data frames
When mac80211 was telling us to go into Powersave we listened
and immediately turned RX off. This meant hardware would not
see the ACKs from the AP we're associated with and hardware
we'd end up retransmiting the null data frame in a loop
helplessly.
Fix this by keeping track of the transmitted nullfunc frames
and only when we are sure the AP has sent back an ACK do we
go ahead and shut RX off.
Signed-off-by: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vasanth@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: Vivek Natarajan <Vivek.Natarajan@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/reg.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/reg.h | 15 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/reg.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/reg.h index 49ec25f020f..8e653fb937a 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/reg.h +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/reg.h @@ -1332,13 +1332,22 @@ enum { #define AR_MCAST_FIL0 0x8040 #define AR_MCAST_FIL1 0x8044 +/* + * AR_DIAG_SW - Register which can be used for diagnostics and testing purposes. + * + * The force RX abort (AR_DIAG_RX_ABORT, bit 25) can be used in conjunction with + * RX block (AR_DIAG_RX_DIS, bit 5) to help fast channel change to shut down + * receive. The force RX abort bit will kill any frame which is currently being + * transferred between the MAC and baseband. The RX block bit (AR_DIAG_RX_DIS) + * will prevent any new frames from getting started. + */ #define AR_DIAG_SW 0x8048 #define AR_DIAG_CACHE_ACK 0x00000001 #define AR_DIAG_ACK_DIS 0x00000002 #define AR_DIAG_CTS_DIS 0x00000004 #define AR_DIAG_ENCRYPT_DIS 0x00000008 #define AR_DIAG_DECRYPT_DIS 0x00000010 -#define AR_DIAG_RX_DIS 0x00000020 +#define AR_DIAG_RX_DIS 0x00000020 /* RX block */ #define AR_DIAG_LOOP_BACK 0x00000040 #define AR_DIAG_CORR_FCS 0x00000080 #define AR_DIAG_CHAN_INFO 0x00000100 @@ -1347,12 +1356,12 @@ enum { #define AR_DIAG_FRAME_NV0 0x00020000 #define AR_DIAG_OBS_PT_SEL1 0x000C0000 #define AR_DIAG_OBS_PT_SEL1_S 18 -#define AR_DIAG_FORCE_RX_CLEAR 0x00100000 +#define AR_DIAG_FORCE_RX_CLEAR 0x00100000 /* force rx_clear high */ #define AR_DIAG_IGNORE_VIRT_CS 0x00200000 #define AR_DIAG_FORCE_CH_IDLE_HIGH 0x00400000 #define AR_DIAG_EIFS_CTRL_ENA 0x00800000 #define AR_DIAG_DUAL_CHAIN_INFO 0x01000000 -#define AR_DIAG_RX_ABORT 0x02000000 +#define AR_DIAG_RX_ABORT 0x02000000 /* Force RX abort */ #define AR_DIAG_SATURATE_CYCLE_CNT 0x04000000 #define AR_DIAG_OBS_PT_SEL2 0x08000000 #define AR_DIAG_RX_CLEAR_CTL_LOW 0x10000000 |