On 23 June 2016 at 18:40, Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan
<mohammed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan <mohammed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> For chipsets like QCA99X0, IPQ4019 and later we are not getting proper
> NULL func status (always acked/successs !!) when hostapd does a
> PROBE_CLIENT via nullfunc frames when the station is powered off
> abruptly (inactive timer probes client via null func after the inactive
> time reaches beyond the threshold). Fix this by disabling the workaround
> (getting the ACK status of NULL func frames by sending via HTT mgmt-tx
> path) introduced by the change ("ath10k: fix beacon loss handling ")
> for QCA99X0 and later chipsets. The normal tx path provides the proper
> ACK status for NULL data frames. As of now disable this workaround for
> chipsets QCA99X0 and later, once the 10.1 firmware is obselete we can
> completely get rid of this workaround for all the chipsets
>
> Signed-off-by: Tamizh chelvam <c_traja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan <mohammed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c | 3 +++
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h | 6 ++++++
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c | 1 +
> 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
> index 689d6ce..9978e4a 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
> @@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ static const struct ath10k_hw_params ath10k_hw_params_list[] = {
> .board = QCA99X0_HW_2_0_BOARD_DATA_FILE,
> .board_size = QCA99X0_BOARD_DATA_SZ,
> .board_ext_size = QCA99X0_BOARD_EXT_DATA_SZ,
> + .disable_null_func_workaround = true,
Tx completion (bugs) are firmware specific, not hardware. This should
be expressed via features bits in ath10k FW API, no?
Michał
--
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
