linux-toradex.git/drivers/net/wireless/ath, branch v3.10.2 Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules ath9k_htc: Handle IDLE state transition properly 2013-06-24T17:52:52+00:00 Sujith Manoharan c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com 2013-06-20T08:27:07+00:00 075163bbb0f51174359947e1bce84f5edb23f21e Make sure that a chip reset is done when IDLE is turned off - this fixes authentication timeouts. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reported-by: Ignacy Gawedzki <i@lri.fr> Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> 
Make sure that a chip reset is done when IDLE is turned
off - this fixes authentication timeouts.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Ignacy Gawedzki <i@lri.fr>
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
ath9k: fix an RCU issue in calling ieee80211_get_tx_rates 2013-06-24T17:52:52+00:00 Felix Fietkau nbd@openwrt.org 2013-06-22T10:39:26+00:00 23bc2021c54b048302f6f4844c030660ce0fcfe9 ath_txq_schedule is called outside of the drv_tx call, so it needs RCU protection. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> 
ath_txq_schedule is called outside of the drv_tx call, so it needs RCU
protection.

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
ath9k: Use minstrel rate control by default 2013-06-12T14:20:58+00:00 Sujith Manoharan c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com 2013-06-06T04:36:29+00:00 5efac94999ff218e0101f67a059e44abb4b0b523 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: stable@vger.kernel.org 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> 
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: stable@vger.kernel.org
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>
Revert "ath9k_hw: Update rx gain initval to improve rx sensitivity" 2013-06-12T14:20:58+00:00 Felix Fietkau nbd@openwrt.org 2013-06-03T09:18:57+00:00 96005931785238e1a24febf65ffb5016273e8225 This reverts commit 68d9e1fa24d9c7c2e527f49df8d18fb8cf0ec943 This change reduces rx sensitivity with no apparent extra benefit. It looks like it was meant for testing in a specific scenario, but it was never properly validated. Cc: rmanohar@qca.qualcomm.com Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> 
This reverts commit 68d9e1fa24d9c7c2e527f49df8d18fb8cf0ec943

This change reduces rx sensitivity with no apparent extra benefit.
It looks like it was meant for testing in a specific scenario,
but it was never properly validated.

Cc: rmanohar@qca.qualcomm.com
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
ath9k: Disable PowerSave by default 2013-06-12T14:20:58+00:00 Sujith Manoharan c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com 2013-06-01T01:38:09+00:00 531671cb17af07281e6f28c1425f754346e65c41 Almost all the DMA issues which have plagued ath9k (in station mode) for years are related to PS. Disabling PS usually "fixes" the user's connection stablility. Reports of DMA problems are still trickling in and are sitting in the kernel bugzilla. Until the PS code in ath9k is given a thorough review, disbale it by default. The slight increase in chip power consumption is a small price to pay for improved link stability. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> 
Almost all the DMA issues which have plagued ath9k (in station mode)
for years are related to PS. Disabling PS usually "fixes" the user's
connection stablility. Reports of DMA problems are still trickling in
and are sitting in the kernel bugzilla. Until the PS code in ath9k is
given a thorough review, disbale it by default. The slight increase
in chip power consumption is a small price to pay for improved link
stability.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
ath9k: use correct OTP register offsets for AR9550 2013-05-28T17:43:10+00:00 Gabor Juhos juhosg@openwrt.org 2013-05-28T12:52:19+00:00 add295a4afbdf5852d004c754c552d692b0fcac8 Accessing the OTP memory on AR9950 causes a data bus like this: Data bus error, epc == 801f7774, ra == 801f7774 Oops[#1]: CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper Not tainted 3.10.0-rc3 #592 task: 87c28000 ti: 87c22000 task.ti: 87c22000 $ 0 : 00000000 00000061 deadc0de 00000000 $ 4 : b8115f18 00015f18 00000007 00000004 $ 8 : 00000001 7c7c3c7c 7c7c7c7c 7c7c7c7c $12 : 7c7c3c7c 80320a68 00000000 7c7c7c3c $16 : 87cd8010 00015f18 00000007 00000000 $20 : 00000064 00000004 87c23c7c 8035210c $24 : 00000000 801f3674 $28 : 87c22000 87c23b48 00000001 801f7774 Hi : 00000000 Lo : 00000064 epc : 801f7774 ath9k_hw_wait+0x58/0xb0 Not tainted ra : 801f7774 ath9k_hw_wait+0x58/0xb0 Status: 1000cc03 KERNEL EXL IE Cause : 4080801c PrId : 00019750 (MIPS 74Kc) Modules linked in: Process swapper (pid: 1, threadinfo=87c22000, task=87c28000, ts=00000000) Stack : 0000000f 00000061 00002710 8006240c 00000001 87cd8010 87c23bb0 87cd8010 00000000 00000004 00000003 80210c7c 000000b3 67fa8000 0000032a 000006fe 000003e8 00000002 00000028 87c23bf0 000003ff 80210d24 803e5630 80210e28 00000000 00000007 87cd8010 00007044 00000004 00000061 000003ff 000001ff 87c26000 87cd8010 00000220 87cd8bb8 80210000 8020fcf4 87c22000 87c23c08 ... Call Trace: [<801f7774>] ath9k_hw_wait+0x58/0xb0 [<80210c7c>] ar9300_otp_read_word+0x80/0xd4 [<80210d24>] ar9300_read_otp+0x54/0xb0 [<8020fcf4>] ar9300_check_eeprom_header+0x1c/0x40 [<80210fe4>] ath9k_hw_ar9300_fill_eeprom+0x118/0x39c [<80206650>] ath9k_hw_eeprom_init+0x74/0xb4 [<801f96d0>] ath9k_hw_init+0x7ec/0x96c [<801e65ec>] ath9k_init_device+0x340/0x758 [<801f35d0>] ath_ahb_probe+0x21c/0x2c0 [<801c041c>] driver_probe_device+0xc0/0x1e4 [<801c05ac>] __driver_attach+0x6c/0xa4 [<801bea08>] bus_for_each_dev+0x64/0xa8 [<801bfa40>] bus_add_driver+0xcc/0x24c [<801c0954>] driver_register+0xbc/0x17c [<803f8fc0>] ath9k_init+0x5c/0x88 [<800608fc>] do_one_initcall+0xec/0x1a0 [<803e6a68>] kernel_init_freeable+0x13c/0x200 [<80309cdc>] kernel_init+0x1c/0xe4 [<80062450>] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x10/0x18 On the AR9550, the OTP registers are located at the same address as on the AR9340. Use the correct values to avoid the error. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 3.6+ Signed-off-by: Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> 
Accessing the OTP memory on AR9950 causes a data bus
like this:

  Data bus error, epc == 801f7774, ra == 801f7774
  Oops[#1]:
  CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper Not tainted 3.10.0-rc3 #592
  task: 87c28000 ti: 87c22000 task.ti: 87c22000
  $ 0   : 00000000 00000061 deadc0de 00000000
  $ 4   : b8115f18 00015f18 00000007 00000004
  $ 8   : 00000001 7c7c3c7c 7c7c7c7c 7c7c7c7c
  $12   : 7c7c3c7c 80320a68 00000000 7c7c7c3c
  $16   : 87cd8010 00015f18 00000007 00000000
  $20   : 00000064 00000004 87c23c7c 8035210c
  $24   : 00000000 801f3674
  $28   : 87c22000 87c23b48 00000001 801f7774
  Hi    : 00000000
  Lo    : 00000064
  epc   : 801f7774 ath9k_hw_wait+0x58/0xb0
      Not tainted
  ra    : 801f7774 ath9k_hw_wait+0x58/0xb0
  Status: 1000cc03 KERNEL EXL IE
  Cause : 4080801c
  PrId  : 00019750 (MIPS 74Kc)
  Modules linked in:
  Process swapper (pid: 1, threadinfo=87c22000, task=87c28000, ts=00000000)
  Stack : 0000000f 00000061 00002710 8006240c 00000001 87cd8010 87c23bb0 87cd8010
          00000000 00000004 00000003 80210c7c 000000b3 67fa8000 0000032a 000006fe
          000003e8 00000002 00000028 87c23bf0 000003ff 80210d24 803e5630 80210e28
          00000000 00000007 87cd8010 00007044 00000004 00000061 000003ff 000001ff
          87c26000 87cd8010 00000220 87cd8bb8 80210000 8020fcf4 87c22000 87c23c08
          ...
  Call Trace:
  [<801f7774>] ath9k_hw_wait+0x58/0xb0
  [<80210c7c>] ar9300_otp_read_word+0x80/0xd4
  [<80210d24>] ar9300_read_otp+0x54/0xb0
  [<8020fcf4>] ar9300_check_eeprom_header+0x1c/0x40
  [<80210fe4>] ath9k_hw_ar9300_fill_eeprom+0x118/0x39c
  [<80206650>] ath9k_hw_eeprom_init+0x74/0xb4
  [<801f96d0>] ath9k_hw_init+0x7ec/0x96c
  [<801e65ec>] ath9k_init_device+0x340/0x758
  [<801f35d0>] ath_ahb_probe+0x21c/0x2c0
  [<801c041c>] driver_probe_device+0xc0/0x1e4
  [<801c05ac>] __driver_attach+0x6c/0xa4
  [<801bea08>] bus_for_each_dev+0x64/0xa8
  [<801bfa40>] bus_add_driver+0xcc/0x24c
  [<801c0954>] driver_register+0xbc/0x17c
  [<803f8fc0>] ath9k_init+0x5c/0x88
  [<800608fc>] do_one_initcall+0xec/0x1a0
  [<803e6a68>] kernel_init_freeable+0x13c/0x200
  [<80309cdc>] kernel_init+0x1c/0xe4
  [<80062450>] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x10/0x18

On the AR9550, the OTP registers are located at
the same address as on the AR9340. Use the correct
values to avoid the error.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org  # 3.6+
Signed-off-by: Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
ath9k_hw: improve performance for AR934x v1.3+ 2013-05-24T16:50:22+00:00 Felix Fietkau nbd@openwrt.org 2013-05-23T10:20:56+00:00 86c157b3f83597e11d8f03a9dece98d1e77a8ce7 AR934x v1.3 no longer needs the DCU backoff reduction workaround for preventing rx overruns, but in turn needs the number of usable Tx buffers to be reduced slightly. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> 
AR934x v1.3 no longer needs the DCU backoff reduction workaround for
preventing rx overruns, but in turn needs the number of usable Tx
buffers to be reduced slightly.

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
ath9k_hw: fix host interface reset on AR934x 2013-05-24T16:50:22+00:00 Felix Fietkau nbd@openwrt.org 2013-05-23T10:20:55+00:00 a37a99102e4573145aa60a2f78a690cc8def027c If a local bus timeout has been detected, the host interface needs to be reset to clear the errors. AR934x uses a different synchronous interrupt bit to indicate this, so the check needs to be fixed. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> 
If a local bus timeout has been detected, the host interface needs to be
reset to clear the errors. AR934x uses a different synchronous interrupt
bit to indicate this, so the check needs to be fixed.

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
ath9k_hw: fix spur mitigation issues on AR934x 2013-05-24T16:50:21+00:00 Felix Fietkau nbd@openwrt.org 2013-05-23T10:20:54+00:00 23dd9b2a43698df12f7951e0e5a5fbffd0b3108a Do not subtract spur power from noise floor on this chip, as it can lead to packet loss and other connectivity issues. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> 
Do not subtract spur power from noise floor on this chip, as it can lead
to packet loss and other connectivity issues.

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
ath9k: prevent aggregation session deadlocks 2013-05-22T18:28:44+00:00 Felix Fietkau nbd@openwrt.org 2013-05-18T19:28:15+00:00 08c96abd611beadf2af414a306fe0fb02ba706ff Waiting for all subframes of an existing aggregation session to drain before allowing mac80211 to start a new one is fragile and deadlocks caused by this behavior have been observed. Since mac80211 has proper synchronization for aggregation session start/stop handling, a better approach to session handling is to simply allow mac80211 to start a new session at any time. This requires changing the code to discard any packets outside of the BlockAck window in the A-MPDU software retry code. This patch implements the above and also simplifies the code. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> 
Waiting for all subframes of an existing aggregation session to drain
before allowing mac80211 to start a new one is fragile and deadlocks
caused by this behavior have been observed.

Since mac80211 has proper synchronization for aggregation session
start/stop handling, a better approach to session handling is to simply
allow mac80211 to start a new session at any time. This requires
changing the code to discard any packets outside of the BlockAck window
in the A-MPDU software retry code.

This patch implements the above and also simplifies the code.

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>