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| author | Stanislaw Gruszka | 2013-06-12 16:44:49 +0200 |
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| committer | John W. Linville | 2013-06-12 21:06:57 +0200 |
| commit | 8cdbab7f07e82f26c48adcc761391c1c7ff339ff (patch) | |
| tree | eb820eb32a6bcf5d2f8f079f019bc73021f35ff5 /drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c | |
| parent | iwlegacy: add il_{stop,wake}_queues_by_reason functions (diff) | |
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iwl4965: workaround for firmware frame tx rejection
Firmware can reject to transmit frame on passive channel, when it
did not yet received any frame with valid CRC on that channel.
Workaround this problem in the driver.
Tested-by: Jake Edge <jake@lwn.net>
Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c | 18 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c index 9a95045c97b6..1c44bb59f6c8 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c @@ -588,6 +588,11 @@ il4965_pass_packet_to_mac80211(struct il_priv *il, struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr, return; } + if (unlikely(test_bit(IL_STOP_REASON_PASSIVE, &il->stop_reason))) { + il_wake_queues_by_reason(il, IL_STOP_REASON_PASSIVE); + D_INFO("Woke queues - frame received on passive channel\n"); + } + /* In case of HW accelerated crypto and bad decryption, drop */ if (!il->cfg->mod_params->sw_crypto && il_set_decrypted_flag(il, hdr, ampdu_status, stats)) @@ -2806,6 +2811,19 @@ il4965_hdl_tx(struct il_priv *il, struct il_rx_buf *rxb) return; } + /* + * Firmware will not transmit frame on passive channel, if it not yet + * received some valid frame on that channel. When this error happen + * we have to wait until firmware will unblock itself i.e. when we + * note received beacon or other frame. We unblock queues in + * il4965_pass_packet_to_mac80211 or in il_mac_bss_info_changed. + */ + if (unlikely((status & TX_STATUS_MSK) == TX_STATUS_FAIL_PASSIVE_NO_RX) && + il->iw_mode == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION) { + il_stop_queues_by_reason(il, IL_STOP_REASON_PASSIVE); + D_INFO("Stopped queues - RX waiting on passive channel\n"); + } + spin_lock_irqsave(&il->sta_lock, flags); if (txq->sched_retry) { const u32 scd_ssn = il4965_get_scd_ssn(tx_resp); |