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Re: [PATCH 05/18] iwlwifi: Set w-pointer upon resume according to SN

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Luca Coelho <luca@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Tue, 2019-09-03 at 14:26 +0300, Kalle Valo wrote:
>> Luca Coelho <luca@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> 
>> > From: Alex Malamud <alex.malamud@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > 
>> > During D3 state, FW may send packets.
>> > As a result, "write" queue pointer will be incremented by FW.
>> > Upon resume from D3, driver should adjust its shadows of "write" and "read"
>> > pointers to the value reported by FW.
>> > 
>> > 1. Keep TID used during wowlan configuration.
>> > 2. Upon resume, set driver's "write" and "read" queue pointers
>> > 	to the value reported by FW.
>> > 
>> > Signed-off-by: Alex Malamud <alex.malamud@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@xxxxxxxxx>
>> 
>> A typo in the title, s/w-pointer/q-pointer/ maybe?
>
> This means "write pointer" because that's the one that is incremented
> during WoWLAN.  The feature was called update write pointer or
> something, that's where it comes from.

Ok.

> Do you want me to reword the subject?

Nah, I was just curious because I couldn't figure out what that
"w-pointer" means and saw q-ptr (something like that) in the code.

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