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Re: [PATCH 02/12] ath9k: validate rx antenna settings

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On 2012-07-11 8:42 PM, Gabor Juhos wrote:
> 2012.07.11. 19:59 keltezéssel, Felix Fietkau írta:
>> Many chips are not able to deal with non-consecutive rx antenna selections
>> and respond with calibration errors, reset errors, etc.
>> When an antenna is selected as a tx antenna, also flag it for rx to avoid
>> chip issues.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c |   19 ++++++++++++++++++-
>>  1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
>> index 248e5b2..49f293a 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
>> @@ -1912,12 +1912,29 @@ static u32 fill_chainmask(u32 cap, u32 new)
>>  	return filled;
>>  }
>>  
>> +static bool validate_antenna_mask(struct ath_hw *ah, u32 val)
>> +{
>> +	switch (val & ah->caps.rx_chainmask) {
>> +	case 0x1:
>> +	case 0x3:
>> +	case 0x7:
>> +		return true;
>> +	case 0x2:
>> +		return (ah->caps.rx_chainmask == 1);
> 
> This case statement seems superfluous. If 'rx_chainmask == 1' then 'val &
> rx_chainmask' never will be 0x2.
> 
>> +	default:
>> +		return false;
>> +	}
> 
> Additionally, the function does not allows to set rx antenna to 0x2/0x3 for
> chips with antenna diversity capabilities.
Yeah, thanks. I added the case 0x2 above to take care of that, but it's
obviously buggy because of the masking with rx_chainmask.
I'll fix it in v2.

- Felix
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