linux-toradex.git/drivers/net/wireless/ath, branch v3.4.68

ath9k: avoid accessing MRC registers on single-chain devices

2013-09-27T00:15:33+00:00

commit a1c781bb20ac1e03280e420abd47a99eb8bbdd3b upstream.

They are not implemented, and accessing them might trigger errors

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau 
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

ath9k: fix rx descriptor related race condition

2013-09-27T00:15:33+00:00

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 
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

ath9k: always clear ps filter bit on new assoc

2013-09-27T00:15:33+00:00

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 
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

ath9k_htc: Restore skb headroom when returning skb to mac80211

2013-09-08T04:58:15+00:00

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 
Signed-off-by: Helmut Schaa 
Tested-by: Marc Kleine-Budde 
Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde 
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

ath9k_htc: do some initial hardware configuration

2013-08-11T22:38:41+00:00

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 
Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel 
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

ath9k: Do not assign noise for NULL caldata

2013-07-28T23:25:47+00:00

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 
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

ath9k: Use minstrel rate control by default

2013-06-20T18:58:44+00:00

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.

Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan 
Cc: Jouni Malinen 
Cc: Linus Torvalds 
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

ath9k: Disable PowerSave by default

2013-06-20T18:58:44+00:00

commit 531671cb17af07281e6f28c1425f754346e65c41 upstream.

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.

Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan 
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

ath9k: fix key allocation error handling for powersave keys

2013-05-19T17:54:40+00:00

commit 4ef69d0394cba8caa9f75d3f2e53429bfb8b3045 upstream.

If no keycache slots are available, ath_key_config can return -ENOSPC.
If the key index is not checked for errors, it can lead to logspam that
looks like this: "ath: wiphy0: keyreset: keycache entry 228 out of range"
This can cause follow-up errors if the invalid keycache index gets
used for tx.

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau 
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

ath9k_hw: change AR9580 initvals to fix a stability issue

2013-04-26T04:19:55+00:00

commit f09a878511997c25a76bf111a32f6b8345a701a5 upstream.

The hardware parsing of Control Wrapper Frames needs to be disabled, as
it has been causing spurious decryption error reports. The initvals for
other chips have been updated to disable it, but AR9580 was left out for
some reason.

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau 
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman