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Re: [PATCH] ath10k: change simulate_fw_crash to work with 10.1 firmware

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Michal Kazior <michal.kazior@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On 10 February 2014 18:13, Marek Puzyniak <marek.puzyniak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Wmi command WMI_FORCE_FW_HANG_CMDID is not supported
>> in firmware 10.1. In order to have firmware crash simulation
>> functionality also in firmware 10.1 driver can force firmware
>> crash by performing not allowed operation. Driver can deliberately
>> crash firmware when setting vdev param for vdev id out of range.
>>
>> Command to trigger firmware crash:
>> echo "crash" > /sys/kernel/debug/ieee80211/phyX/ath10k/simulate_fw_crash
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Marek Puzyniak <marek.puzyniak@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>
> The 'fw hang assert' crash can be recovered with a warm reset but a
> real crash can't.

Oh, I didn't know that.

> Thus, I think the two crash methods should be distinguishable 

Yeah, I agree.

> by having either two separate debugfs files or two separate trigger
> keywords.

I think having a keyword would be a better to way differentiate these.
And if the firmware doesn't support WMI_FORCE_FW_HANG_ASSERT, then just
return -EOPNOTSUPP.

-- 
Kalle Valo
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