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Re: [PATCH V2 2/4] mwl8k: Add timestamp information for tx packets

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On Thu, 2011-04-21 at 00:42 -0700, Lennert Buytenhek wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 10:16:20PM +0530, Nishant Sarmukadam wrote:
> 
> > From: Pradeep Nemavat <pnemavat@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Timestamp tx packets using a HW micro-second timer.
> > This timestamp will be compared to the current timestamp
> > in the hardware and if the difference is greater than 500ms,
> > the packet will be dropped.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Pradeep Nemavat <pnemavat@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Nishant Sarmukadam <nishants@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.c |   12 ++++++++++++
> >  1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.c
> > index 7968301..aca0139 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.c
> > @@ -1792,6 +1792,14 @@ static inline void mwl8k_tx_count_packet(struct ieee80211_sta *sta, u8 tid)
> >  		tx_stats->pkts++;
> >  }
> >  
> > +/* HW micro second timer register
> > + * located at offset 0xA600. This
> > + * will be used to timestamp tx
> > + * packets.
> > + */
> > +
> > +#define	MWL8K_HW_TIMER_REGISTER	(priv->regs + 0xA600)
> 
> 1. Ugly implicit 'priv' argument here. :-(
> 
>    Please just do something like:
> 
>  #define  MWL8K_A2H_INT_RX_READY                  (1 << 1)
>  #define  MWL8K_A2H_INT_TX_DONE                   (1 << 0)
> +
> +/* Misc registers */
> +#define MWL8K_HW_TIMER_REGISTER		0x0000a600
> 
>  #define MWL8K_A2H_EVENTS        (MWL8K_A2H_INT_DUMMY | \
>                                   MWL8K_A2H_INT_CHNL_SWITCHED | \
> 
>    and then just use it as ioread32(priv->regs + MWL8K_HW_TIMER_REGISTER).
> 
> 
Ok, will send out patch set V3 incorporating this change. 

> 2. Does this register exist on 8687/superfly3, or is it SJ only?

Yes, this does exist on 8687 and superfly3 as well. 


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