On Wed, 2010-12-22 at 16:27 +0200, ext Arik Nemtsov wrote:
> Sometimes an event indicating station removal is not sent up by
> firmware. We work around this by always indicating success in when
> a wait for the event timeouts.
>
> Temporary workaround until a FW fix is introduced.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arik Nemtsov <arik@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
[...]
> @@ -1108,9 +1122,11 @@ int wl1271_cmd_remove_sta(struct wl1271 *wl, u8 hlid)
> goto out_free;
> }
>
> - ret = wl1271_cmd_wait_for_event(wl, STA_REMOVE_COMPLETE_EVENT_ID);
> - if (ret < 0)
> - wl1271_error("cmd remove sta event completion error");
> + /*
> + * We are ok with a timeout here. The event is sometimes not sent
> + * due to a firmware bug.
> + */
> + wl1271_cmd_wait_for_event_or_timeout(wl, STA_REMOVE_COMPLETE_EVENT_ID);
Why wait for the event at all then?
--
Cheers,
Luca.
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