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Re: [PATCH] wifi: rtw89: pci: correct TX resource checking for PCI DMA channel of firmware command

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Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The DMA channel of firmware command doesn't use TX WD (WiFi descriptor), so
> don't need to consider number of TX WD as factor of TX resource. Otherwise,
> during pause state (a transient state to switch to/from low power mode)
> firmware commands could be dropped and driver throws warnings suddenly:
> 
>    rtw89_8852ce 0000:04:00.0: no tx fwcmd resource
>    rtw89_8852ce 0000:04:00.0: failed to send h2c
> 
> The case we met is that driver sends RSSI strength of firmware command at
> RX path that could be running concurrently with switching low power mode.
> The missing of this firmware command doesn't affect user experiences,
> because the RSSI strength will be updated again after a while.
> 
> The DMA descriptors of normal packets has three layers like:
> 

1 patch(es) applied to rtw-next branch of rtw.git, thanks.

c6330b129786 wifi: rtw89: pci: correct TX resource checking for PCI DMA channel of firmware command

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https://github.com/pkshih/rtw.git





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