Search Linux Wireless

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

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On 13 February 2014 15:52, Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.

I will send new version with different keyword for different kind of
firmware crash.

Marek
--
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




[Index of Archives]     [Linux Host AP]     [ATH6KL]     [Linux Wireless Personal Area Network]     [Linux Bluetooth]     [Linux Netdev]     [Kernel Newbies]     [Linux Kernel]     [IDE]     [Git]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Yosemite Hiking]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux RAID]

  Powered by Linux