This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
staging: vt6656: [BUG] Fix for TX USB resets from vendors driver.
to the 3.12-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
staging-vt6656-fix-for-tx-usb-resets-from-vendors-driver.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.12 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 9df682927c2e3a92f43803d6b52095992e3b2ab8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 21:49:04 +0000
Subject: staging: vt6656: [BUG] Fix for TX USB resets from vendors driver.
From: Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@xxxxxxxxx>
commit 9df682927c2e3a92f43803d6b52095992e3b2ab8 upstream.
This fixes resets on heavy TX data traffic.
Vendor driver
VT6656_Linux_src_v1.21.03_x86_11.04.zip
http://www.viaembedded.com/servlet/downloadSvl?id=1890&download_file_id=14704
This is GPL-licensed code.
original code
BBbVT3184Init
...
//2007-0725, RobertChang add, Enable Squelch detect reset option(SQ_RST_Opt), USB (register4, bit1)
CONTROLnsRequestIn(pDevice,
MESSAGE_TYPE_READ,
(WORD)0x600+4, // USB's Reg4's bit1
MESSAGE_REQUEST_MEM,
1,
(PBYTE) &byData);
byData = byData|2 ;
CONTROLnsRequestOut(pDevice,
MESSAGE_TYPE_WRITE,
(WORD)0x600+4, // USB's Reg4's bit1
MESSAGE_REQUEST_MEM,
1,
(PBYTE) &byData);
return TRUE;//ntStatus;
....
A back port patch is needed for kernels less than 3.10.
Signed-off-by: Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/vt6656/baseband.c | 11 +++++++++++
drivers/staging/vt6656/rndis.h | 2 ++
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)
--- a/drivers/staging/vt6656/baseband.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vt6656/baseband.c
@@ -939,6 +939,7 @@ int BBbVT3184Init(struct vnt_private *pD
u8 * pbyAgc;
u16 wLengthAgc;
u8 abyArray[256];
+ u8 data;
ntStatus = CONTROLnsRequestIn(pDevice,
MESSAGE_TYPE_READ,
@@ -1104,6 +1105,16 @@ else {
ControlvWriteByte(pDevice,MESSAGE_REQUEST_BBREG,0x0D,0x01);
RFbRFTableDownload(pDevice);
+
+ /* Fix for TX USB resets from vendors driver */
+ CONTROLnsRequestIn(pDevice, MESSAGE_TYPE_READ, USB_REG4,
+ MESSAGE_REQUEST_MEM, sizeof(data), &data);
+
+ data |= 0x2;
+
+ CONTROLnsRequestOut(pDevice, MESSAGE_TYPE_WRITE, USB_REG4,
+ MESSAGE_REQUEST_MEM, sizeof(data), &data);
+
return true;//ntStatus;
}
--- a/drivers/staging/vt6656/rndis.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/vt6656/rndis.h
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@
#define VIAUSB20_PACKET_HEADER 0x04
+#define USB_REG4 0x604
+
typedef struct _CMD_MESSAGE
{
u8 byData[256];
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from tvboxspy@xxxxxxxxx are
queue-3.12/staging-vt6656-fix-for-tx-usb-resets-from-vendors-driver.patch
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