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author | Juuso Oikarinen <juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com> | 2010-02-22 08:38:38 +0200 |
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committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2010-03-09 15:03:04 -0500 |
commit | ac5e1e39c1eeaaff7e6f03bf7cf7a444b42fbc23 (patch) | |
tree | 596566fc2f06b58683270687a1a2601755dfe0c5 /drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_tx.c | |
parent | 1e73eb62cec7cf78b7295769b6e51a915518f5a1 (diff) |
wl1271: Update TX packet life time handling with higher resolution time
This patch uses a higher precision timer to synchronize with the firmware
clock. Improved precision is needed as on some platforms a jiffy may be up to
tens of milliseconds, and the required precision is closer to TU's.
Signed-off-by: Juuso Oikarinen <juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com>
Reviewed-by: Teemu Paasikivi <ext-teemu.3.paasikivi@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_tx.c')
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_tx.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_tx.c index 7926471cd09..a32d3014781 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_tx.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_tx.c @@ -86,8 +86,10 @@ static int wl1271_tx_allocate(struct wl1271 *wl, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 extra) static int wl1271_tx_fill_hdr(struct wl1271 *wl, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 extra, struct ieee80211_tx_info *control) { + struct timespec ts; struct wl1271_tx_hw_descr *desc; int pad, ac; + s64 hosttime; u16 tx_attr; desc = (struct wl1271_tx_hw_descr *) skb->data; @@ -101,8 +103,9 @@ static int wl1271_tx_fill_hdr(struct wl1271 *wl, struct sk_buff *skb, } /* configure packet life time */ - desc->start_time = cpu_to_le32(jiffies_to_usecs(jiffies) - - wl->time_offset); + getnstimeofday(&ts); + hosttime = (timespec_to_ns(&ts) >> 10); + desc->start_time = cpu_to_le32(hosttime - wl->time_offset); desc->life_time = cpu_to_le16(TX_HW_MGMT_PKT_LIFETIME_TU); /* configure the tx attributes */ |