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Re: [ath5k-devel] [PATCH 1/2] ath5k: fix wrong per rate target power eeprom reads for AR5K_EEPROM_MODE_11A

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2012/8/5 Thomas Huehn <thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi Nick
>
>> According to EEPROM docs there are 10 calibration piers on all chips
>> after 5111 for 11a but some of them are not used and the way to test
>> this is if frequency is zero. Now here is a bug in the EEPROM code
>> that might result the wrong reads you get, check this out:
>>
>> on ath5k_eeprom_read_freq_list we do this
>>
>> if (!freq1)
>>  break;
>>
>> instead of this
>>
>> if (!freq1)
>>  continue;
>
>
> That did the trick !
> So reading 10 calibration piers and using the fix from above works in
> terms of tx_power changes on CM9 and DCMA82 are properly used by the
> hardware.
>
> I will send a patch for that.
>
>
> Greetings Thomas
>

CCing Adrian in case this bug is also present on newer HAL sources on
FreeBSD etc...

Thanks for testing/patching Thomas, I 'll try to find some time to
work on EEPROM code again, I know it's a mess :P


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