Since firmware load commands don't generate 'command done' interrupts like normal commands do, polling for command done interrupts just unnecessarily slows down the firmware load process. Removing this bit of code speeds up loading a typical firmware image from 840 msec to 180 msec. Signed-off-by: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.c | 24 +----------------------- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.c index f4b197b..86b6b5d 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.c @@ -411,7 +411,6 @@ mwl8k_send_fw_load_cmd(struct mwl8k_priv *priv, void *data, int length) { void __iomem *regs = priv->regs; dma_addr_t dma_addr; - int rc; int loops; dma_addr = pci_map_single(priv->pdev, data, length, PCI_DMA_TODEVICE); @@ -425,7 +424,6 @@ mwl8k_send_fw_load_cmd(struct mwl8k_priv *priv, void *data, int length) iowrite32(MWL8K_H2A_INT_DUMMY, regs + MWL8K_HIU_H2A_INTERRUPT_EVENTS); - rc = -ETIMEDOUT; loops = 1000; do { u32 int_code; @@ -433,7 +431,6 @@ mwl8k_send_fw_load_cmd(struct mwl8k_priv *priv, void *data, int length) int_code = ioread32(regs + MWL8K_HIU_INT_CODE); if (int_code == MWL8K_INT_CODE_CMD_FINISHED) { iowrite32(0, regs + MWL8K_HIU_INT_CODE); - rc = 0; break; } @@ -442,26 +439,7 @@ mwl8k_send_fw_load_cmd(struct mwl8k_priv *priv, void *data, int length) pci_unmap_single(priv->pdev, dma_addr, length, PCI_DMA_TODEVICE); - /* - * Clear 'command done' interrupt bit. - */ - loops = 1000; - do { - u32 status; - - status = ioread32(priv->regs + - MWL8K_HIU_A2H_INTERRUPT_STATUS); - if (status & MWL8K_A2H_INT_OPC_DONE) { - iowrite32(~MWL8K_A2H_INT_OPC_DONE, - priv->regs + MWL8K_HIU_A2H_INTERRUPT_STATUS); - ioread32(priv->regs + MWL8K_HIU_A2H_INTERRUPT_STATUS); - break; - } - - udelay(1); - } while (--loops); - - return rc; + return loops ? 0 : -ETIMEDOUT; } static int mwl8k_load_fw_image(struct mwl8k_priv *priv, -- 1.5.6.4 -- 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