Eliad Peller [Mon, 6 Feb 2012 10:47:56 +0000 (12:47 +0200)]
wl12xx: enter forced-psm on fw change
Enter forced psm when changing fw, in order to make the
sta a bit more disconnection-persistent.
(DPM doesn't know about the incoming recovery, so it
won't enter psm by itself)
Eliad Peller [Mon, 6 Feb 2012 11:07:52 +0000 (13:07 +0200)]
wl12xx: dynamically change fw according to number of active roles
wl12xx uses different fw for single-role and multi-role
scenarios (due to lack of space, some of the fw advanced
features are disabled in the multi-role fw).
Add checks on add_interfae and remove_interface in order
to determine whether a fw switch is needed (and initiate
recovery in this case).
Eyal Shapira [Thu, 2 Feb 2012 11:54:28 +0000 (13:54 +0200)]
wl12xx: use split scan for normal scan
Split scan allows the FW to schedule other activities
during a scan which may be a long operation. This is
achieved by setting a trigger TID to ANY_TID and a scan
trigger timeout other than 0. The default one is set to 50ms.
Eliad Peller [Thu, 2 Feb 2012 11:15:35 +0000 (13:15 +0200)]
wl12xx: declare support for hw scan while idle
By allowing hw scan while idle, we no longer
need the redundant ROC/CROC that are done
on idle off/on, which helps simplifying the
state machine of the driver.
This way, we can also allow scanning while
there is an ongoing sched scan (otherwise,
we won't be able to ROC on idle-off)
The encryption consideration on auto-arp configuration,
along with a fw fix, seem to resolve the crashes that
occured when auto-arp was enabled, so we can re-enable it now.
Eliad Peller [Thu, 2 Feb 2012 10:22:09 +0000 (12:22 +0200)]
wl12xx: consider encryption and QoS in auto arp template
When configuring the arp response template,
and encryption is enabled, we should add some
space and set the protected flag bit in the fc.
In order to track the encryption type, set
wlvif->encryption_type when setting an encryption key,
and reconfigure the arp response. Clear this field on
wl1271_join, as keys have to be re-configured
anyway after a join command.
Eyal Shapira [Thu, 2 Feb 2012 17:06:45 +0000 (19:06 +0200)]
wl12xx: add forced_ps mode
For certain WiFi certification tests forcing PS
is necessary. Since DPS is now enabled in the FW
and this can't be achieved by using netlatency
this required a new config option.
Eyal Shapira [Thu, 2 Feb 2012 10:03:40 +0000 (12:03 +0200)]
wl12xx: add suspend_listen_interval debugfs file
Add read/write to suspend_dtim_interval file which
controls the number of DTIM periods between wakeups
while the host is suspended.
The value while the host is resumed is controlled
by the file dtim_interval which existed previously.
Eyal Shapira [Thu, 2 Feb 2012 10:03:39 +0000 (12:03 +0200)]
wl12xx: Set different wake up conditions in case of suspend
Added ability to set different wake up conditions for suspend/resume.
Set default values to wake up every 3 DTIMs while suspended
and every 1 DTIM while resumed
Eliad Peller [Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:54:42 +0000 (17:54 +0200)]
wl12xx: add TX_HW_ATTR_HOST_ENCRYPT flag
In WEP shared authentication, we encrypt the auth frame
in the host, and we want the fw to pass it as-is.
Use the TX_HW_ATTR_HOST_ENCRYPT flag in order to indicate
it to the fw.
Eyal Shapira [Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:57:24 +0000 (11:57 +0200)]
wl12xx: enable/disable BET with AUTO_PS/ACTIVE
While the FW with dynamic PS controls BET when going to PSM and back
internally within the FW, there's still a need to enable it from the driver
at least once (so enable on every entry to AUTO_PS)
and disable it once we explicitly go back to STATION_ACTIVE_MODE.
BET isn't relevant for 5GHz
Eyal Shapira [Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:57:22 +0000 (11:57 +0200)]
wl12xx: add dynamic_ps_timeout debugfs file
Enable read/write of dynamic_ps_timeout which controls the timeout
of the dynamic PS implemented in the FW.
dynamic_ps_timeout is the timeout (in msec) until going back to PS
when there's no Rx/Tx
Eyal Shapira [Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:57:21 +0000 (11:57 +0200)]
wl12xx: add support for HW dynamic PS
FW now supports dynamic PS so we don't need to use mac80211 support.
FW will go to PSM after a specified timeout with no Rx/Tx traffic.
- Changed FW API to include new PS mode (AUTO_MODE) and including timeout parameter
- The default PS mode would be dynamic PS
- Default timeout is 100ms (same as it used to be in mac80211)
- Avoid using mac80211 APIs to disable/enable dynamic PS as we're not
using mac80211 PS control anymore.
- COEX is handled by the FW while in dynamic PS so removed
handling of SOFT_GEMINI
Eliad Peller [Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:57:16 +0000 (11:57 +0200)]
wl12xx: fw api change - add role_id to set_template
The set_template commands now takes the role_id as
parameter.
Usually, we'll use the vif's main role_id.
However, sometimes we'll want to use
wlvif->dev_role_id instead of wlvif->role_id,
so pass the wanted role_id as param.
Update WL127X_FW_NAME/WL128X_FW_NAME.
(This commit starts a series of fw update patches,
and changes the start() callback to return an error
in order to prevent the use of the driver during the
transition. This change will be reverted in the
last patch of series)
Commit b6ad726 ("mmc: core: Prevent too long response times
for suspend") fails the suspend if the mmc host can't be
claimed before suspend. As the host is claimed by us as long
as the chip is powered on, suspend will always fail.
Eliad Peller [Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:18:42 +0000 (18:18 +0200)]
wl12xx: check bss_conf->assoc on CHANGED_BSSID
with the new auth/assoc redesign, we get CHANGED_BSSID
indication before CHANGED_ASSOC indication, while our
CHANGED_BSSID handling block assumes we are already
associated.
Fix it by checking we are either in ibss mode, or
already associated.
Luciano Coelho [Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:46:32 +0000 (11:46 +0200)]
wl12xx: remove unnecessary shadow declaration
The vif variable was being declared inside one of the internal blocks
of wl1271_event_process. This is not necessary, since this variable
is already declared in the function context.
Luciano Coelho [Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:04:29 +0000 (14:04 +0200)]
wl12xx: add testmode operation to read the BD_ADDR from Fuse ROM
Add a testmode command to retrieve the BD_ADDR that is stored in the
Fuse ROM in newer PGs. In old PGs this operation is not supported.
The caller can then derive the MAC addresses from it.
Luciano Coelho [Fri, 23 Dec 2011 07:32:17 +0000 (09:32 +0200)]
wl12xx: use two MAC addresses based on the NVS or from fuse ROM
Add support for two MAC addresses. If the NVS has a valid MAC
address, that takes precedence and we use two sequential address
starting from the one specified.
If the NVS doesn't contain a valid MAC address (ie. if it is set to
00:00:00:00:00:00), we check if the HW PG version in use has the
BD_ADDR written in the fuse ROM. If it does, we read it and derive
the two subsequent addresses for WLAN.
During production, 3 addresses are reserved per device. The first for
Bluetooth (burnt in the fuse ROM) and the following two for WLAN.
This patch has some code by Igal and Arik (squashed from internal
patches).
Luciano Coelho [Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:53:22 +0000 (14:53 +0200)]
wl12xx: read chip ID and HW PG version during probe
In order to read the MAC addresses from the fuse ROM, we need to know
the chip ID and the HW PG version. We need to know the MAC address
during probe, because that's when we register our HW with mac80211.
To prepare for that, this patch reads the chip ID and HW PG version
during probe instead of doing it at boot time. We power the chip on
briefly in order to do that.
Luciano Coelho [Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:45:34 +0000 (14:45 +0200)]
wl12xx: move partition table definition to io.c
Up till now we only needed to access the partition table in boot.c.
But to add support for reading the MAC address from the FUSE in
testmode, we will have to change the partition in testmode.c.
Thus, we move the partition table to io.c and export it via io.h. It
makes more sense to have it in the io part anyway.
Luciano Coelho [Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:42:42 +0000 (09:42 +0200)]
wl12xx: cancel delayed elp work and clear flags when stopping PLT
In some cases a race condition can happen if we don't cancel any
pending ELP work before stopping PLT. With this commit we cancel ELP
work and clear the wl->flags bitmask. Also clean up the wl elements
after powering off.
Ido Yariv [Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:42:41 +0000 (09:42 +0200)]
wl12xx: Fix potential interrupt storm
The interrupt threaded handler exits immediately if the driver's state
is WL1271_STATE_OFF. As a result, the interrupt status is not read. If
the interrupt is level triggered, it will be fired again.
Fix this by disabling interrupts before setting the state to OFF.
Ido Yariv [Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:42:40 +0000 (09:42 +0200)]
wl12xx: Power off after flushing work
When stopping plt, the chip is powered off before all current work items
are flushed and interrupts are disabled. This might introduce a race in
which the driver tries to communicate with a powered off chip.
Fix this by powering off the device only after interrupts are disabled
and all work items are flushed.
Luciano Coelho [Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:36:28 +0000 (22:36 +0200)]
wl1251: convert 32-bit values to le32 before writing to the chip
The 32-bit values were not converted before writing them to the chip.
Change the wl1251_read32() and wl1251_write32() so that they always
read and write le32 values and convert to and from the CPU endianess.
Luciano Coelho [Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:36:27 +0000 (22:36 +0200)]
wl1251: fix sparse warning
The wl1251 driver was generating the following warning:
drivers/net/wireless/wl1251/boot.c:467:21: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different base types)
drivers/net/wireless/wl1251/boot.c:467:21: expected unsigned int [unsigned] [assigned] [usertype] val
drivers/net/wireless/wl1251/boot.c:467:21: got restricted __le32 [usertype] <noident>
Fix this by removing one cpu_to_le32() call in the wrong place.
rtlwifi: Modify rtl_pci_init to return 0 on success
Fixes problem where caller would think routine succeeded when it failed
leading to divide by zero panic.
(This also reverts an earlier attempt, commit 42bc0c97 "rtlwifi: Return
correct failure code on error". -- JWL)
Signed-off-by: Simon Graham <simon.graham@virtualcomputer.com> Acked-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Felix Fietkau [Wed, 8 Feb 2012 18:17:11 +0000 (19:17 +0100)]
mac80211: do not call rate control .tx_status before .rate_init
Most rate control implementations assume .get_rate and .tx_status are only
called once the per-station data has been fully initialized.
minstrel_ht crashes if this assumption is violated.
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Tested-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Simon Graham [Wed, 8 Feb 2012 17:34:23 +0000 (12:34 -0500)]
rtlwifi: Return correct failure code on error
Callers of rtl_pci_init expect zero to be returned on error. Returning
the error code leads to, amongst other things, divide by zero panics
attempting to use the ring size that is set to zero.
Signed-off-by: Simon Graham <simon.graham@virtualcomputer.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
If you want to use mesh support from mac80211 on a recent
kernel on 2.6.24 you'll run into a name clash when compiling
against include/linux/namei.h, so rename this routine.
/home/mcgrof/tmp/compat-wireless-3.2.5-1/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c: At top level:
/home/mcgrof/tmp/compat-wireless-3.2.5-1/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c:342:26: error: conflicting types for ‘path_lookup’
include/linux/namei.h:71:12: note: previous declaration of ‘path_lookup’ was here
Although this could sit as a separate patch in compat-wireless it seems
best to just merge upstream.
Cc: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@frijolero.org> Acked-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Simon Graham [Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:07:38 +0000 (18:07 -0600)]
rtlwifi: Handle previous allocation failures when freeing device memory
Handle previous allocation failures when freeing device memory
Signed-off-by: Simon Graham <simon.graham@virtualcomputer.com> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Cc: Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
rt2x00: Correctly set txmixer_gain in RT3572 channel switching.
Align with the v2.5.0.0 Ralink RT3572 driver.
Save the EEPROM txmixer_gain values inside the rt2800 driver data structure
and use it throughout the code.
Signed-off-by: Gertjan van Wingerde <gwingerde@gmail.com> Acked-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com> Acked-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Gertjan van Wingerde <gwingerde@gmail.com> Acked-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com> Acked-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Gertjan van Wingerde <gwingerde@gmail.com> Acked-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com> Acked-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Align with v2.5.0.0 Ralink RT3572 driver for 2.4GHz band channel switch.
Signed-off-by: Gertjan van Wingerde <gwingerde@gmail.com> Acked-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com> Acked-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
rt2x00: Use saved BBP 25 and 26 values when configuring channel on RT3572.
This brings the rt2800 channel switching code for RT3572 closer to the
v2.5.0.0 Ralink RT3572 driver.
Signed-off-by: Gertjan van Wingerde <gwingerde@gmail.com> Acked-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
rt2x00: Update comment on freq_offset field in struct rt2x00_dev.
The comment states that the field is only used for rt61pci and rt73usb.
However, it is now used by rt2800pci and rt2800usb as well, so the
comment is not correct anymore.
Update the comment to not state any low-level drivers anymore.
Signed-off-by: Gertjan van Wingerde <gwingerde@gmail.com> Acked-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com> Acked-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
rt2x00: Use struct rt2x00_dev driver data in rt2800{pci,usb}.
Start using the struct rt2x00_dev driver data in rt2800 for the calibration
data.
Signed-off-by: Gertjan van Wingerde <gwingerde@gmail.com> Acked-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
rt2x00: Introduce concept of driver data in struct rt2x00_dev.
We are getting more and more fields in struct rt2x00_dev that are
specific to one or two of the low-level drivers. Instead of putting
these fields inside the main structure and thus clobbering all low-level
drivers with these fields, introduce the concept of driver data inside
struct rt2x00_dev, whose size is indicated by the low-level driver and
which can be populated by the low-level driver.
Signed-off-by: Gertjan van Wingerde <gwingerde@gmail.com> Acked-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
David Gibson [Mon, 6 Feb 2012 03:07:24 +0000 (14:07 +1100)]
orinoco: Remove old mailing lists from MAINTAINERS
The two orinoco mailing lists on sourceforge were set up many years
ago and are now more or less moribund. I'd like to shut them down, so
I don't have to keep filtering the spam from them (which is most of
what comes through now). In preparation, this patch removes the
reference to them from the MAINTAINERS file. Any remaining discussion
of this approaching obsolete driver can go to the linux-wireless list.
Signed-off-by: David Gibson <hermes@gibson.dropbear.id.au> Acked-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Johannes Berg [Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:55:23 +0000 (13:55 +0100)]
mac80211: call rate control only after init
There are situations where we don't have the
necessary rate control information yet for
station entries, e.g. when associating. This
currently doesn't really happen due to the
dummy station handling; explicitly disabling
rate control when it's not initialised will
allow us to remove dummy stations.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
mwifiex: update correct dtim_period in dump_station()
Earlier we were using dtim period extracted from scan response
buffer provided by FW in scan operation. But it is observed that
sometimes the buffer doesn't contain dtim period tlv, and wrong
value (0) was sent to user space.
After association FW will start listening to beacon frames of
connected AP and store dtim period. Therefore we can get it from
FW in dump_station() instead of using wrong value obtained in
scanning.
Redundant code after adapting new approach for dtim period is
also removed in this patch.
Signed-off-by: Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: Bing Zhao <bzhao@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Tim Gardner [Thu, 2 Feb 2012 20:48:06 +0000 (13:48 -0700)]
rtlwifi: Fix PCI probe error path orphaned memory
Memory allocated by ieee80211_alloc_hw() will get orphaned
if any subsequent initializations fail.
Also don't pci_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL) until just before disabling
the PCI device. Functions called by rtl_deinit_core(hw) may eventually need
the context (when its actually implemented).
Cc: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Cc: Chaoming Li <chaoming_li@realsil.com.cn> Cc: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@canonical.com> Acked-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Eliad Peller [Thu, 2 Feb 2012 15:44:55 +0000 (17:44 +0200)]
mac80211: support hw scan while idle
Currently, mac80211 goes to idle-off before starting a scan.
However, some devices that implement hw scan might not
need going idle-off in order to perform a hw scan, and
thus saving some energy and simplifying their state machine.
(Note that this is also the case for sched scan - it
currently doesn't make mac80211 go idle-off)
Add a new flag to indicate support for hw scan while idle.
Signed-off-by: Eliad Peller <eliad@wizery.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
mwifiex: fix NULL pointer dereference in set_channel()
In set_channel() callback handler, "priv" pointer is derived from
net_device. Sometimes net_device pointer coming from the stack
is NULL which causes kernel crash.
This patch fixes the problem by deriving "priv" from wiphy
when net_device pointer is NULL.
Signed-off-by: Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: Bing Zhao <bzhao@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
mwl8k: Remove BSSID from the firmware when the BSS is stopped
Using command DEL_MAC_ADDR, remove the mac address of the BSS
when it is stopped i.e the corresponding vif is removed. Without
this, the stale bss entry will still be maintained in the firmware
which causes issues when the BSS's are recreated.
Signed-off-by: Nishant Sarmukadam <nishants@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: Yogesh Ashok Powar <yogeshp@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Dan Carpenter [Wed, 1 Feb 2012 07:43:31 +0000 (10:43 +0300)]
ath9k: cleanup a min_t() cast
If the firmware was over 2G, it would cause memory corruption and the
system would die here. Obviously we all know the firmware isn't going
to be that large but static checkers get upset.
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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