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Re: [PATCH 06/13] wlcore: enable sleep during AP mode operation

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hi Yegor,

On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 12:16 PM, Yegor Yefremov
<yegorslists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 2:45 PM, Eliad Peller <eliad@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 3:24 PM, Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On 03/25/2015 01:58 PM, Eliad Peller wrote:
>>>> hi Marc,
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 2:27 PM, Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> On 12/29/2014 07:24 AM, Eliad Peller wrote:
>>>>>> From: Kobi L <kobi.lev100@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Enable ELP authorization in AP mode and enable the use
>>>>>> of the wakeup bit in the ELP register.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Introduce AP role sleep configuration which is disabled
>>>>>> by default. When configured, it allows the AP to sleep
>>>>>> when ELP is authorized for it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Kobi Leibovitch <kobi.lev100@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Arik Nemtsov <arik@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Eliad Peller <eliad@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>
>>>>> [...]
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> This patch requires a new firmware, loading of "wl18xx-conf.bin" from
>>>>> [1] fails with:
>>>>>
>>>>>> wlcore: ERROR configuration binary file size is wrong, expected 1226 got 1221
>>>>>
>>>> thanks. seems you're right.
>>>>
>>>> anyway, note that this file is not actual fw, but only the default
>>>> configuration params.
>>>> you can just delete it, and the driver will load just fine.
>>>> you can then recreate it with something like:
>>>> cat /sys/kernel/debug/ieee80211/phy0/wlcore/wl18xx/conf >
>>>> /lib/firmware/ti-connectivity/wl18xx-conf.bin
>>>>
>>>> actually, i don't think it makes much sense to have this file in the
>>>> linux-firmware git at all.
>>>> i'll try handling it.
>>>
>>> Thanks, there are more file with size of ~1k, are they optional, too?
>>> What's the "error" message if these optional files are not present?
>>>
>> AFAIK, the other nvs files are basically required for proper operation.
>>
>>> From working with $CUSTOMERS I gained the impression, messages like
>>> "error failed to load...." for optional file don't shine the best light
>>> on Linux, a neutral "using default values" is far better.
>> i agree :)
>
> Added Yaniv Machani in CC.
>
> Any update on the wl18xx-conf.bin issue? This file is still in
> linux-firmware repo.
>
thanks for the reminder :)

just sent a patch to fallback to default conf in case of invalid/outdated conf.

Eliad.
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