Don't write the new value into the register if it is the same as the old value to avoid unncessary USB bus traffic with USB devices. The change also saves a few cycle on MMIO based devices. Based on the DPO_RT5572_LinuxSTA_2.6.0.1_20120629 driver. Reference: RTMPAdjustFrequencyOffset function in common/rt_rf.c Signed-off-by: Gabor Juhos <juhosg@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c index d4e6dea..c990a27 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c @@ -2495,13 +2495,17 @@ static void rt2800_config_channel_rf3053(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev, static void rt2800_adjust_freq_offset(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev) { u8 freq_offset; - u8 rfcsr; + u8 rfcsr, prev_rfcsr; freq_offset = rt2x00_get_field8(rt2x00dev->freq_offset, RFCSR17_CODE); freq_offset = min_t(u8, freq_offset, FREQ_OFFSET_BOUND); rt2800_rfcsr_read(rt2x00dev, 17, &rfcsr); + prev_rfcsr = rfcsr; rt2x00_set_field8(&rfcsr, RFCSR17_CODE, freq_offset); + if (rfcsr == prev_rfcsr) + return; + rt2800_rfcsr_write(rt2x00dev, 17, rfcsr); } -- 1.7.10 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html