On Fri, Feb 06, 2015 at 12:58:40PM +0100, Michal Kazior wrote:
> On 6 February 2015 at 12:47, Rajkumar Manoharan
> <rmanohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Some of of qca988x solutions are having global reset issue
> > during target initialization.
>
> What kind of issue? How/when does it manifest?
>
PCI bus error was reported before downloading the firmware. This is
issue is very rarely observed with few qca8888 chips. Postponing PLL
settings is solving the problem.
>
> > Bypassing PLL setting before
> > downloading firmware and letting the SoC run on REF_CLK is fixing
> > the problem. Corresponding firmware change is also needed to set
> > the clock source once the target is initialized. Since 10.2.4
> > firmware is having this ROM patch, applying skip_clock_init only
> > for 10.2.4 firmware versions.
>
> Which 10.2.4? There are at least two publicly available blobs. Do all
> of them support this? How do other firmware revisions handle setting
> skip_clock_init to 1?
>
Yes. 10.2.4 firmwares are having this ROM patch fix. Others firmware
revisions do not have this ROM patch.
>
> > Signed-off-by: Rajkumar Manoharan <rmanohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
> > index 310e12b..3119192 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
> > @@ -797,6 +797,20 @@ static int ath10k_download_cal_data(struct ath10k *ar)
> > ar->cal_mode = ATH10K_CAL_MODE_OTP;
> >
> > done:
> > + if ((ar->hw_rev != ATH10K_HW_QCA988X) ||
> > + (ar->wmi.op_version != ATH10K_FW_WMI_OP_VERSION_10_2_4)) {
>
> Maybe using fw_features is a better idea, no?
>
Hmm..Anyway we are using both fw_features & wmi.op_version across
driver. Still want to go with fw_features?
> > + ath10k_dbg(ar, ATH10K_DBG_BOOT,
> > + "boot using calibration mode %s\n",
> > + ath10k_cal_mode_str(ar->cal_mode));
>
> I don't really like the idea of duplicating debug prints.
>
Agree. Me too...:)
Thanks for the review.
-Rajkumar
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