Noise floor calibration occasionally fails on Atheros hardware. This is not fatal and can happen if there's simply too much noise on the air. Ignoring the calibration error is the right thing to do here, because when the error is ignored, the hardware will still work, whereas if the error causes the driver to bail out of a bigger configuration function and does not configure the tx queues or the IMR (as is the case in reset.c), the hw no longer works properly until the next reset. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/phy.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/phy.c --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/phy.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/phy.c @@ -2196,9 +2196,7 @@ static int ath5k_hw_rf5110_calibrate(struct ath5k_hw *ah, return ret; } - ret = ath5k_hw_noise_floor_calibration(ah, channel->center_freq); - if (ret) - return ret; + ath5k_hw_noise_floor_calibration(ah, channel->center_freq); /* * Re-enable RX/TX and beacons diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/reset.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/reset.c --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/reset.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/reset.c @@ -842,9 +842,7 @@ int ath5k_hw_reset(struct ath5k_hw *ah, enum nl80211_iftype op_mode, * * XXX: Find an interval that's OK for all cards... */ - ret = ath5k_hw_noise_floor_calibration(ah, channel->center_freq); - if (ret) - return ret; + ath5k_hw_noise_floor_calibration(ah, channel->center_freq); /* * Reset queues and start beacon timers at the end of the reset routine -- 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
