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Re: ath9k: feed only active spectral / dfs-detector

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Zefir Kurtisi <zefir.kurtisi@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Radar pulse and spectral scan reports are provided by the HW
> with the ATH9K_RXERR_PHY flag set. Those are forwarded to
> the dfs-detector and spectral module for further processing.
> 
> For some older chips, the pre-conditions checked in those
> modules are ambiguous, since ATH9K_PHYERR_RADAR is used to
> tag both types. As a result, spectral frames are fed into
> the dfs-detector and vice versa.
> 
> This could lead to a false radar detection on a non-DFS
> channel (which is uncritical), but more relevant it causes
> useless CPU load for processing invalid frames.
> 
> This commit ensures that the dfs-detector and spectral
> collector are only fed when they are active.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zefir Kurtisi <zefir.kurtisi@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

87fedb974e0c ath9k: feed only active spectral / dfs-detector

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9440817/

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