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Re: [PATCH 1/2] ath9k: wake up the chip for PS config changes

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On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 02:04:11PM +0530, Gabor Juhos wrote:
> If we are in NETWORK_SLEEP state, calling of 'ath9k_hw_setrxabort' in
> 'ath9k_config' will fail with the following error:
> 
> ath9k: timeout (100000 us) on reg 0x806c: 0xdeadbeef & 0x01f00000 != 0x00000000
> ath9k: RX failed to go idle in 10 ms RXSM=0xdeadbeef
> 
> Fix it by waking up the chip, and set 'ps_restore_mode' directly instead
> of calling the 'ath9k_hw_setpower' routine..
> 
> The problem is reported by Luis:
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general/34363
> 
> Changes-licensed-under: ISC
> Signed-off-by: Gabor Juhos <juhosg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>         if (changed & IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_PS) {
> +               ath9k_ps_wakeup(sc);

This seems to be a workaround. chip should not be sleeping when
mac80211 thinks it is awake.

Vasanth

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