Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>>> When the error check in ath9k_hw_read_revisions() was added, it checked for
>>> -EIO which is what ath9k_regread() in the ath9k_htc driver uses. However,
>>> for plain ath9k, the register read function uses ioread32(), which just
>>> returns -1 on error. So if such a read fails, it still gets passed through
>>> and ends up as a weird mac revision in the log output.
>>>
>>> Fix this by changing ath9k_regread() to return -1 on error like ioread32()
>>> does, and fix the error check to look for that instead of -EIO.
>>>
>>> Fixes: 2f90c7e5d094 ("ath9k: Check for errors when reading SREV register")
>>> Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Hi Kalle
>>
>> This patch is merged as "deferred" in patchwork - what's up with that?
>
> Just lack of time on my part. Reviewed-by tags would help a lot :)
Right, gotcha - will see if I can find someone to review :)
-Toke
