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Re: [PATCH 1/2] ath5k: fix error handling in ath5k_hw_dma_stop

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On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Nick Kossifidis <mickflemm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 2011/1/26 Bob Copeland <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>
>> As a side note, we still quit when the first error is encountered.
>> Maybe we should try stopping all of the queues anyway if one fails?
>> On the other hand we could spend a lot of time polling the registers
>> if the card is truly hosed, so I think this is best for now.
>
> It's better to continue with hw reset if a queue fails to stop, it
> usually means the dma unit needs reset.

Yeah, I thought that may be the case.  So the code as it stands plus
this patch from the thread will do what we want -- continue reset as
soon as any queue exhibits problems.

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Bob Copeland %% www.bobcopeland.com
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