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Re: [PATCH 1/6] ath9k: fix AR9002 ADC and NF calibrations

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Sergey Ryazanov <ryazanov.s.a@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> ADC calibration is only required for a 80 MHz sampling rate (i.e. for
> 40 MHz channels), when the chip utilizes the pair of ADCs in interleved
> mode. Calibration on a 20 MHz channel will never be completed.
> 
> Previous channel check is trying to exclude all channels where the
> calibration will get stuck. It effectively blocks the calibration run
> for HT20 channels, but fails to exclude 20 MHz channels without HT (e.g.
> legacy mode channels).
> 
> Fix this issue by reworking the channel check to explicitly allow ADCs
> gain & DC offset calibrations for HT40 channels only. Also update the
> complicated comment to make it clear that these calibrations are for
> multi-ADC mode only.
> 
> Stuck ADCs calibration blocks the NF calibration, what could make it
> impossible to work in a noisy evironment: too big Rx attentuation,
> invalid RSSI value, etc. So this change is actually more of a NF
> calibration fix rather then the ADC calibration fix.
> 
> Run tested with AR9220.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sergey Ryazanov <ryazanov.s.a@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

6 patches applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

d6cae2bc195b ath9k: fix AR9002 ADC and NF calibrations
93f8d4223163 ath9k: remove needless NFCAL_PENDING flag setting
41ba50fd6cac ath9k: do not miss longcal on AR9002
2bb7027b64b6 ath9k: interleaved NF calibration on AR9002
ded6ff15a191 ath9k: invalidate all calibrations at once
d8d20845c7f1 ath9k: add calibration timeout for AR9002

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11506891/

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