On 09/08/2013 06:53 AM, Timothy Rundle wrote:
My TL-WN821N with a RTL8192CU chipsets fails to stay connected. It
appears to be disconnecting every 5-10 seconds. Since the issue
happens with the mainline kernel, the downstream maintainer ask me to
post here. Here is a section of my kernel log:
This problem has been reported before; however, I cannot duplicate it on my
openSUSE KDE system that controls the wireless using NetworkManager.
When taking another look at the code, I realized that rtl8192cu has duplicated a
routine that is found in rtlwifi. The attached patch implements that change.
Please try it and report back. I don't expect it to do much good as your problem
appears to be a bad interaction with the Ubuntu front-end to wireless.
As I am not a Ubuntu user, please provide a full description of the software
that you use to control your wifi connection.
Larry
>From 007a0e9862a6ee518eaad98a78e9d51dfe6a0ff5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 13:41:28 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Convert driver to use
rtl_process_phyinfo()
To: linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Remove routine _rtl92c_process_phyinfo() by using the equivalent routine
in driver rtlwifi.
This change also allows the removal of 5 additional routines from rtl8192cu.
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/mac.c | 187 +--------------------------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 185 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/mac.c
index da4f587..3936853 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/mac.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
#include "../usb.h"
#include "../ps.h"
#include "../cam.h"
+#include "../stats.h"
#include "reg.h"
#include "def.h"
#include "phy.h"
@@ -738,16 +739,6 @@ static u8 _rtl92c_evm_db_to_percentage(char value)
return ret_val;
}
-static long _rtl92c_translate_todbm(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
- u8 signal_strength_index)
-{
- long signal_power;
-
- signal_power = (long)((signal_strength_index + 1) >> 1);
- signal_power -= 95;
- return signal_power;
-}
-
static long _rtl92c_signal_scale_mapping(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
long currsig)
{
@@ -913,180 +904,6 @@ static void _rtl92c_query_rxphystatus(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
(hw, total_rssi /= rf_rx_num));
}
-static void _rtl92c_process_ui_rssi(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
- struct rtl_stats *pstats)
-{
- struct rtl_priv *rtlpriv = rtl_priv(hw);
- struct rtl_phy *rtlphy = &(rtlpriv->phy);
- u8 rfpath;
- u32 last_rssi, tmpval;
-
- if (pstats->packet_toself || pstats->packet_beacon) {
- rtlpriv->stats.rssi_calculate_cnt++;
- if (rtlpriv->stats.ui_rssi.total_num++ >=
- PHY_RSSI_SLID_WIN_MAX) {
- rtlpriv->stats.ui_rssi.total_num =
- PHY_RSSI_SLID_WIN_MAX;
- last_rssi =
- rtlpriv->stats.ui_rssi.elements[rtlpriv->
- stats.ui_rssi.index];
- rtlpriv->stats.ui_rssi.total_val -= last_rssi;
- }
- rtlpriv->stats.ui_rssi.total_val += pstats->signalstrength;
- rtlpriv->stats.ui_rssi.elements[rtlpriv->stats.ui_rssi.
- index++] = pstats->signalstrength;
- if (rtlpriv->stats.ui_rssi.index >= PHY_RSSI_SLID_WIN_MAX)
- rtlpriv->stats.ui_rssi.index = 0;
- tmpval = rtlpriv->stats.ui_rssi.total_val /
- rtlpriv->stats.ui_rssi.total_num;
- rtlpriv->stats.signal_strength =
- _rtl92c_translate_todbm(hw, (u8) tmpval);
- pstats->rssi = rtlpriv->stats.signal_strength;
- }
- if (!pstats->is_cck && pstats->packet_toself) {
- for (rfpath = RF90_PATH_A; rfpath < rtlphy->num_total_rfpath;
- rfpath++) {
- if (!rtl8192_phy_check_is_legal_rfpath(hw, rfpath))
- continue;
- if (rtlpriv->stats.rx_rssi_percentage[rfpath] == 0) {
- rtlpriv->stats.rx_rssi_percentage[rfpath] =
- pstats->rx_mimo_signalstrength[rfpath];
- }
- if (pstats->rx_mimo_signalstrength[rfpath] >
- rtlpriv->stats.rx_rssi_percentage[rfpath]) {
- rtlpriv->stats.rx_rssi_percentage[rfpath] =
- ((rtlpriv->stats.
- rx_rssi_percentage[rfpath] *
- (RX_SMOOTH_FACTOR - 1)) +
- (pstats->rx_mimo_signalstrength[rfpath])) /
- (RX_SMOOTH_FACTOR);
-
- rtlpriv->stats.rx_rssi_percentage[rfpath] =
- rtlpriv->stats.rx_rssi_percentage[rfpath] +
- 1;
- } else {
- rtlpriv->stats.rx_rssi_percentage[rfpath] =
- ((rtlpriv->stats.
- rx_rssi_percentage[rfpath] *
- (RX_SMOOTH_FACTOR - 1)) +
- (pstats->rx_mimo_signalstrength[rfpath])) /
- (RX_SMOOTH_FACTOR);
- }
- }
- }
-}
-
-static void _rtl92c_update_rxsignalstatistics(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
- struct rtl_stats *pstats)
-{
- struct rtl_priv *rtlpriv = rtl_priv(hw);
- int weighting = 0;
-
- if (rtlpriv->stats.recv_signal_power == 0)
- rtlpriv->stats.recv_signal_power = pstats->recvsignalpower;
- if (pstats->recvsignalpower > rtlpriv->stats.recv_signal_power)
- weighting = 5;
- else if (pstats->recvsignalpower < rtlpriv->stats.recv_signal_power)
- weighting = (-5);
- rtlpriv->stats.recv_signal_power =
- (rtlpriv->stats.recv_signal_power * 5 +
- pstats->recvsignalpower + weighting) / 6;
-}
-
-static void _rtl92c_process_pwdb(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
- struct rtl_stats *pstats)
-{
- struct rtl_priv *rtlpriv = rtl_priv(hw);
- struct rtl_mac *mac = rtl_mac(rtl_priv(hw));
- long undec_sm_pwdb = 0;
-
- if (mac->opmode == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC) {
- return;
- } else {
- undec_sm_pwdb = rtlpriv->dm.undec_sm_pwdb;
- }
- if (pstats->packet_toself || pstats->packet_beacon) {
- if (undec_sm_pwdb < 0)
- undec_sm_pwdb = pstats->rx_pwdb_all;
- if (pstats->rx_pwdb_all > (u32) undec_sm_pwdb) {
- undec_sm_pwdb = (((undec_sm_pwdb) *
- (RX_SMOOTH_FACTOR - 1)) +
- (pstats->rx_pwdb_all)) / (RX_SMOOTH_FACTOR);
- undec_sm_pwdb += 1;
- } else {
- undec_sm_pwdb = (((undec_sm_pwdb) *
- (RX_SMOOTH_FACTOR - 1)) +
- (pstats->rx_pwdb_all)) / (RX_SMOOTH_FACTOR);
- }
- rtlpriv->dm.undec_sm_pwdb = undec_sm_pwdb;
- _rtl92c_update_rxsignalstatistics(hw, pstats);
- }
-}
-
-static void _rtl92c_process_LINK_Q(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
- struct rtl_stats *pstats)
-{
- struct rtl_priv *rtlpriv = rtl_priv(hw);
- u32 last_evm = 0, n_stream, tmpval;
-
- if (pstats->signalquality != 0) {
- if (pstats->packet_toself || pstats->packet_beacon) {
- if (rtlpriv->stats.LINK_Q.total_num++ >=
- PHY_LINKQUALITY_SLID_WIN_MAX) {
- rtlpriv->stats.LINK_Q.total_num =
- PHY_LINKQUALITY_SLID_WIN_MAX;
- last_evm =
- rtlpriv->stats.LINK_Q.elements
- [rtlpriv->stats.LINK_Q.index];
- rtlpriv->stats.LINK_Q.total_val -=
- last_evm;
- }
- rtlpriv->stats.LINK_Q.total_val +=
- pstats->signalquality;
- rtlpriv->stats.LINK_Q.elements
- [rtlpriv->stats.LINK_Q.index++] =
- pstats->signalquality;
- if (rtlpriv->stats.LINK_Q.index >=
- PHY_LINKQUALITY_SLID_WIN_MAX)
- rtlpriv->stats.LINK_Q.index = 0;
- tmpval = rtlpriv->stats.LINK_Q.total_val /
- rtlpriv->stats.LINK_Q.total_num;
- rtlpriv->stats.signal_quality = tmpval;
- rtlpriv->stats.last_sigstrength_inpercent = tmpval;
- for (n_stream = 0; n_stream < 2;
- n_stream++) {
- if (pstats->RX_SIGQ[n_stream] != -1) {
- if (!rtlpriv->stats.RX_EVM[n_stream]) {
- rtlpriv->stats.RX_EVM[n_stream]
- = pstats->RX_SIGQ[n_stream];
- }
- rtlpriv->stats.RX_EVM[n_stream] =
- ((rtlpriv->stats.RX_EVM
- [n_stream] *
- (RX_SMOOTH_FACTOR - 1)) +
- (pstats->RX_SIGQ
- [n_stream] * 1)) /
- (RX_SMOOTH_FACTOR);
- }
- }
- }
- } else {
- ;
- }
-}
-
-static void _rtl92c_process_phyinfo(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
- u8 *buffer,
- struct rtl_stats *pcurrent_stats)
-{
- if (!pcurrent_stats->packet_matchbssid &&
- !pcurrent_stats->packet_beacon)
- return;
- _rtl92c_process_ui_rssi(hw, pcurrent_stats);
- _rtl92c_process_pwdb(hw, pcurrent_stats);
- _rtl92c_process_LINK_Q(hw, pcurrent_stats);
-}
-
void rtl92c_translate_rx_signal_stuff(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
struct sk_buff *skb,
struct rtl_stats *pstats,
@@ -1123,5 +940,5 @@ void rtl92c_translate_rx_signal_stuff(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
_rtl92c_query_rxphystatus(hw, pstats, pdesc, p_drvinfo,
packet_matchbssid, packet_toself,
packet_beacon);
- _rtl92c_process_phyinfo(hw, tmp_buf, pstats);
+ rtl_process_phyinfo(hw, tmp_buf, pstats);
}
--
1.8.1.4
