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iwl3945: workaround for firmware frame tx rejection

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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.

Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Stanislaw Gruszka 2013-06-12 16:44:50 +02:00 committed by John W. Linville
parent 8cdbab7f07
commit c72456c75a
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drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/3945.c
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@ -331,6 +331,19 @@ il3945_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
* il3945_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");
}
txq->time_stamp = jiffies;
info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(txq->skbs[txq->q.read_ptr]);
ieee80211_tx_info_clear_status(info);
@ -488,6 +501,11 @@ il3945_pass_packet_to_mac80211(struct il_priv *il, struct il_rx_buf *rxb,
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");
}
skb = dev_alloc_skb(128);
if (!skb) {
IL_ERR("dev_alloc_skb failed\n");