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author | Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com> | 2010-08-23 07:56:53 -0700 |
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committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2010-08-25 14:33:20 -0400 |
commit | 767d055d6a85435bf1d5e63a5097402a5399cfdc (patch) | |
tree | cfac35d8bf467267bf9ebf1d08bc02693660d04e /drivers/net | |
parent | 5c673fbf193e272c8c786931b31f23090ab3cb9d (diff) |
iwlwifi: comments cleanup
No code or function changes, just some cleanup work for
out-of-date comments
Signed-off-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net')
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-commands.h | 62 |
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-commands.h b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-commands.h index 4083e443082..e2f3616f5b8 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-commands.h +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-commands.h @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ *****************************************************************************/ /* * Please use this file (iwl-commands.h) only for uCode API definitions. - * Please use iwl-4965-hw.h for hardware-related definitions. + * Please use iwl-xxxx-hw.h for hardware-related definitions. * Please use iwl-dev.h for driver implementation definitions. */ @@ -1056,7 +1056,8 @@ struct sta_id_modify { * * The device contains an internal table of per-station information, * with info on security keys, aggregation parameters, and Tx rates for - * initial Tx attempt and any retries (4965 uses REPLY_TX_LINK_QUALITY_CMD, + * initial Tx attempt and any retries (agn devices uses + * REPLY_TX_LINK_QUALITY_CMD, * 3945 uses REPLY_RATE_SCALE to set up rate tables). * * REPLY_ADD_STA sets up the table entry for one station, either creating @@ -1427,12 +1428,12 @@ struct iwl_rx_mpdu_res_start { * uCode handles all timing and protocol related to control frames * (RTS/CTS/ACK), based on flags in the Tx command. uCode and Tx scheduler * handle reception of block-acks; uCode updates the host driver via - * REPLY_COMPRESSED_BA (4965). + * REPLY_COMPRESSED_BA. * * uCode handles retrying Tx when an ACK is expected but not received. * This includes trying lower data rates than the one requested in the Tx * command, as set up by the REPLY_RATE_SCALE (for 3945) or - * REPLY_TX_LINK_QUALITY_CMD (4965). + * REPLY_TX_LINK_QUALITY_CMD (agn). * * Driver sets up transmit power for various rates via REPLY_TX_PWR_TABLE_CMD. * This command must be executed after every RXON command, before Tx can occur. @@ -1468,7 +1469,7 @@ struct iwl_rx_mpdu_res_start { * Set this for unicast frames, but not broadcast/multicast. */ #define TX_CMD_FLG_ACK_MSK cpu_to_le32(1 << 3) -/* For 4965: +/* For agn devices: * 1: Use rate scale table (see REPLY_TX_LINK_QUALITY_CMD). * Tx command's initial_rate_index indicates first rate to try; * uCode walks through table for additional Tx attempts. @@ -1487,7 +1488,7 @@ struct iwl_rx_mpdu_res_start { */ #define TX_CMD_FLG_FULL_TXOP_PROT_MSK cpu_to_le32(1 << 7) -/* Tx antenna selection field; used only for 3945, reserved (0) for 4965. +/* Tx antenna selection field; used only for 3945, reserved (0) for agn devices. * Set field to "0" to allow 3945 uCode to select antenna (normal usage). */ #define TX_CMD_FLG_ANT_SEL_MSK cpu_to_le32(0xf00) #define TX_CMD_FLG_ANT_A_MSK cpu_to_le32(1 << 8) @@ -1870,9 +1871,10 @@ enum { * frame in this new agg block failed in previous agg block(s). * * Note that, for aggregation, ACK (block-ack) status is not delivered here; - * block-ack has not been received by the time the 4965 records this status. + * block-ack has not been received by the time the agn device records + * this status. * This status relates to reasons the tx might have been blocked or aborted - * within the sending station (this 4965), rather than whether it was + * within the sending station (this agn device), rather than whether it was * received successfully by the destination station. */ struct agg_tx_status { @@ -2140,14 +2142,16 @@ struct iwl_link_qual_agg_params { /* * REPLY_TX_LINK_QUALITY_CMD = 0x4e (command, has simple generic response) * - * For 4965 only; 3945 uses REPLY_RATE_SCALE. + * For agn devices only; 3945 uses REPLY_RATE_SCALE. * - * Each station in the 4965's internal station table has its own table of 16 + * Each station in the agn device's internal station table has its own table + * of 16 * Tx rates and modulation modes (e.g. legacy/SISO/MIMO) for retrying Tx when * an ACK is not received. This command replaces the entire table for * one station. * - * NOTE: Station must already be in 4965's station table. Use REPLY_ADD_STA. + * NOTE: Station must already be in agn device's station table. + * Use REPLY_ADD_STA. * * The rate scaling procedures described below work well. Of course, other * procedures are possible, and may work better for particular environments. @@ -2184,12 +2188,12 @@ struct iwl_link_qual_agg_params { * * ACCUMULATING HISTORY * - * The rate scaling algorithm for 4965, as implemented in Linux driver, uses - * two sets of frame Tx success history: One for the current/active modulation - * mode, and one for a speculative/search mode that is being attempted. If the - * speculative mode turns out to be more effective (i.e. actual transfer - * rate is better), then the driver continues to use the speculative mode - * as the new current active mode. + * The rate scaling algorithm for agn devices, as implemented in Linux driver, + * uses two sets of frame Tx success history: One for the current/active + * modulation mode, and one for a speculative/search mode that is being + * attempted. If the speculative mode turns out to be more effective (i.e. + * actual transfer rate is better), then the driver continues to use the + * speculative mode as the new current active mode. * * Each history set contains, separately for each possible rate, data for a * sliding window of the 62 most recent tx attempts at that rate. The data @@ -2200,12 +2204,12 @@ struct iwl_link_qual_agg_params { * The driver uses the bit map to remove successes from the success sum, as * the oldest tx attempts fall out of the window. * - * When the 4965 makes multiple tx attempts for a given frame, each attempt - * might be at a different rate, and have different modulation characteristics - * (e.g. antenna, fat channel, short guard interval), as set up in the rate - * scaling table in the Link Quality command. The driver must determine - * which rate table entry was used for each tx attempt, to determine which - * rate-specific history to update, and record only those attempts that + * When the agn device makes multiple tx attempts for a given frame, each + * attempt might be at a different rate, and have different modulation + * characteristics (e.g. antenna, fat channel, short guard interval), as set + * up in the rate scaling table in the Link Quality command. The driver must + * determine which rate table entry was used for each tx attempt, to determine + * which rate-specific history to update, and record only those attempts that * match the modulation characteristics of the history set. * * When using block-ack (aggregation), all frames are transmitted at the same @@ -2335,7 +2339,7 @@ struct iwl_link_quality_cmd { /* * Rate info; when using rate-scaling, Tx command's initial_rate_index * specifies 1st Tx rate attempted, via index into this table. - * 4965 works its way through table when retrying Tx. + * agn devices works its way through table when retrying Tx. */ struct { __le32 rate_n_flags; /* RATE_MCS_*, IWL_RATE_* */ @@ -2371,7 +2375,7 @@ struct iwl_link_quality_cmd { /* * REPLY_BT_CONFIG = 0x9b (command, has simple generic response) * - * 3945 and 4965 support hardware handshake with Bluetooth device on + * 3945 and agn devices support hardware handshake with Bluetooth device on * same platform. Bluetooth device alerts wireless device when it will Tx; * wireless device can delay or kill its own Tx to accommodate. */ @@ -2572,7 +2576,7 @@ struct iwl_powertable_cmd { /* * PM_SLEEP_NOTIFICATION = 0x7A (notification only, not a command) - * 3945 and 4965 identical. + * all devices identical. */ struct iwl_sleep_notification { u8 pm_sleep_mode; @@ -2583,7 +2587,7 @@ struct iwl_sleep_notification { __le32 bcon_timer; } __packed; -/* Sleep states. 3945 and 4965 identical. */ +/* Sleep states. all devices identical. */ enum { IWL_PM_NO_SLEEP = 0, IWL_PM_SLP_MAC = 1, @@ -3270,7 +3274,7 @@ struct statistics_general_bt { /* * REPLY_STATISTICS_CMD = 0x9c, - * 3945 and 4965 identical. + * all devices identical. * * This command triggers an immediate response containing uCode statistics. * The response is in the same format as STATISTICS_NOTIFICATION 0x9d, below. @@ -3608,7 +3612,7 @@ struct iwl_enhance_sensitivity_cmd { /** * REPLY_PHY_CALIBRATION_CMD = 0xb0 (command, has simple generic response) * - * This command sets the relative gains of 4965's 3 radio receiver chains. + * This command sets the relative gains of agn device's 3 radio receiver chains. * * After the first association, driver should accumulate signal and noise * statistics from the STATISTICS_NOTIFICATIONs that follow the first 20 |