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Re: [PATCH] wl12xx: Restart TX when TX descriptors are available

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On Mon, 2011-04-18 at 16:44 +0300, Ido Yariv wrote:
> The driver stops sending TX packets when either there aren't enough
> memory blocks, or it runs out of TX descriptors. The driver continues to
> send packets to the FW only when more memory blocks are available.
> 
> The FW might free TX descriptors without freeing the corresponding
> memory blocks, especially when dynamic memory is enabled. In cases where
> memory blocks are not freed at all, the driver will keep waiting for
> more memory blocks indefinitely.
> 
> Fix this by clearing the WL1271_FLAG_FW_TX_BUSY flag when there are
> available TX descriptors.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ido Yariv <ido@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Thanks, Ido.  Applied.

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Cheers,
Luca.

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