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Re: [PATCH] iwlwifi: do not register bands with no supported channels

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On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 11:24 PM, John W. Linville
<linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 10:31:27PM +0200, Tomas Winkler wrote:
>  > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 9:58 PM, John W. Linville
>  > <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  > > Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  > >  ---
>  > >  Otherwise, b/g-only devices fail in wiphy_register.  Tested in Fedora
>  > >  kernels for the last week or so...
>  > >
>  > >   drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c |    8 ++++++--
>  > >   drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c |    8 ++++++--
>  > >   2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
>
> > >  diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c
>  > >  index 44cfd02..9ae3d29 100644
>  > >  --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c
>  > >  +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c
>  > >  @@ -5001,8 +5001,12 @@ int iwl4965_init_geos(struct iwl_priv *priv)
>  > >                priv->bands[IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ].n_channels,
>  > >                priv->bands[IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ].n_channels);
>  > >
>  > >  -       priv->hw->wiphy->bands[IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ] = &priv->bands[IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ];
>  > >  -       priv->hw->wiphy->bands[IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ] = &priv->bands[IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ];
>  > >  +       if (priv->bands[IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ].n_channels)
>  > >  +               priv->hw->wiphy->bands[IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ] =
>  > >  +                       &priv->bands[IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ];
>  > >  +       if (priv->bands[IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ].n_channels)
>  > >  +               priv->hw->wiphy->bands[IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ] =
>  > >  +                       &priv->bands[IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ];
>  > >
>  > >         set_bit(STATUS_GEO_CONFIGURED, &priv->status);
>  > >
>  >
>  > As there already exists condition testing this I would prefer
>  > something like this
>
>  I don't think it is the same -- yours is checking IWL_SKU_A.
>
>
>  > if ((priv->bands[IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ].n_channels == 0) &&
>  >            priv->cfg->sku & IWL_SKU_A) {
>  >               printk(KERN_INFO DRV_NAME
>  >                      ": Incorrectly detected BG card as ABG.  Please send "
>  >                      "your PCI ID 0x%04X:0x%04X to maintainer.\n",
>  >                      priv->pci_dev->device, priv->pci_dev->subsystem_device);
>  >               priv->cfg->sku &= ~IWL_SKU_A;
>  >                 priv->hw->wiphy->bands[IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ] = NULL;
>  > }
>
>  A clause just like this exists a few lines above, yet it does not
>  fire for the device that prompted this patch:
>
>         https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=298613
>
>
>  > else
>  >    priv->hw->wiphy->bands[IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ] =
>  > &priv->bands[IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ];
>
>  I don't think your version will resolve the issue.  Am I missing
>  something?

Yep I was a bit snappy. my suggestion doesn't resolve the problem.
Anyhow, let me look at this tomorrow if we have other SKU issues so it
can be rolled in together.

Thanks
TOmas

>  John
>  --
>
>
> John W. Linville
>  linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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