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Re: [PATCH 5/7] ath9k_hw: fix PA predistortion training power selection

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On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 12:49:11PM +0530, Felix Fietkau wrote:
> On 2010-12-13 7:02 AM, Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan wrote:
> > On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 07:04:35PM +0530, Felix Fietkau wrote:
> >> The EEPROM contains scale factors for the tx power, which define
> >> the range of allowable difference between target power and training
> >> power. If the difference is too big, PA predistortion cannot be used.
> >> For 2.4 GHz there is only one scale factor, for 5 GHz there are
> >> three, depending on the specific frequency range.
> >> 
> >> Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_eeprom.c |    8 ++
> >>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_paprd.c  |   99 ++++++++++++++++++++----
> >>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_phy.h    |    8 ++
> >>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h            |    2 +
> >>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c          |    4 +-
> >>  5 files changed, 104 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

> >> +static int get_streams(int mask)
> >> +{
> >> +	return !!(mask & BIT(0)) + !!(mask & BIT(1)) + !!(mask & BIT(2));
> >> +}
> > ah->caps.max_txchains can be used instead of this function.
> No, it cannot. I need the number of active chains, not the number of
> chains that the hardware is capable of using.

Ah, right.
> 
> >> +
> >> +static int ar9003_get_training_power_5g(struct ath_hw *ah)
> >> +{
> >> +	struct ath_common *common = ath9k_hw_common(ah);
> >> +	struct ar9300_eeprom *eep = &ah->eeprom.ar9300_eep;
> >> +	struct ar9300_modal_eep_header *hdr = &eep->modalHeader5G;
> >> +	struct ath9k_channel *chan = ah->curchan;
> >> +	unsigned int power, scale, delta;
> >> +
> >> +	if (chan->channel >= 5700)
> >> +		scale = MS(hdr->papdRateMaskHt20, AR9300_PAPRD_SCALE_1);
> >> +	else if (chan->channel >= 5400)
> >> +		scale = MS(hdr->papdRateMaskHt40, AR9300_PAPRD_SCALE_2);
> >> +	else
> >> +		scale = MS(hdr->papdRateMaskHt40, AR9300_PAPRD_SCALE_1);
> > 
> > A helper function would be nice to get the paprd scale factor which
> > will also be used to disable paprd for particular rates. Anyway, i'm
> > doing changes to disable paprd based on scale factor and tx power,
> > i'll add a helper in my series.
> OK.

seems like it is missing endian conversion for big endian platform ?.

Vasanth
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