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Re: [PATCH 09/29] mwl8k: remove usage of deprecated radio_enabled

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On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 09:28:29AM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:

> > Signed-off-by: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.c |    2 +-
> >  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.c
> > index 9f54204..3a201a2 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.c
> > @@ -2935,7 +2935,7 @@ static int mwl8k_config_wt(struct work_struct *wt)
> >  	struct mwl8k_priv *priv = hw->priv;
> >  	int rc = 0;
> >  
> > -	if (!conf->radio_enabled) {
> > +	if (conf->flags & IEEE80211_CONF_IDLE) {
> >  		mwl8k_cmd_802_11_radio_disable(hw);
> >  		priv->current_channel = NULL;
> >  		rc = 0;
> 
> So I think the return; a little below needs to be removed to allow doing
> other things while the radio is off? I'm not sure which actually happen
> but I never audited the code to make sure nothing happens.

The logic is just:

	if (idle) {
		issue "radio disable" command
	} else {
		issue "radio enable" command
		set channel
		set tx power
		set antenna config
	}

So if a channel change hapens while we are idle, that event won't get
lost -- it'll just happen later.
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