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Re: [RFC/RFT 6/6] ath9k: always initialize hw registers related to PCIe PM

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On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 04:01:52PM +0200, Stanislaw Gruszka wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 11:29:30AM +0200, Stanislaw Gruszka wrote:
> > On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 10:41:30AM +0530, Rajkumar Manoharan wrote:
> > > > +	/* initalize PCIe PM registers if device introduce itself as PCIe */
> > > > +	if (ah->is_pciexpress)
> > > > +		ath9k_hw_ops(ah)->config_pci_powersave(ah, false);
> > > > +
> > > Use ath9k_hw_configpcipowersave wrapper instead.
> > I changed wrapper to check ah->aspm_enabled, so if I would use it here
> > it will not setup registers. I think I should comment that. 
> >
Yeah. I got it. I think ah->aspm_enabled alone is sufficient in the wrapper
function. 
> > > And ensure that there is no
> > > sideeffect by changing SERDES config from __ath9k_hw_init to pci_probe.
> > Hmm, not sure if I understand what I have to do :-(
> > 
> > We have something like that:
> > 
> > ath_pci_probe
> >   ath9k_init_device
> >     ath9k_init_softc
> >       ath9k_hw_init
> > 	__ath9k_hw_init
> >             ath9k_hw_configpcipowersave();
> > 
> > I changed it this way:
> > 
> > ath_pci_probe
> >   ath9k_init_device
> >     ath9k_init_softc
> >       ath9k_hw_init
> > 	__ath9k_hw_init
> > 
> >       ath9k_init_queues
> >       ath9k_init_btcoex
> >    some other inits
> >      
> >   ath9k_hw_configpcipowersave();
> > 
> > Can this cause some side effects?
> 
> Actually this movement is not necessary, in the way things I did
> currently. Is enough to replace ath9k_hw_configpcipowersave() by
> ath9k_hw_ops(ah)->config_pci_powersave() in __ath9k_hw_init().
> In such case SERDES and PCIe PM registers will be always initialized.
> 
> However movement would be needed if we want to initialize registers,
> only when ASPM is enabled, hence we first need to discovery that,
> and then eventually call ath9k_hw_configpcipowersave().
> 
> Which option is correct: always initialize SERDES and PCIe PM registers
> or do it only if ASPM is enabled?
>
Good point. Let them configured on ASPM case. please cross check with other
embed platform.

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Rajkumar
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