This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
iwlwifi: increase DEFAULT_MAX_TX_POWER
to the 3.16-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:
iwlwifi-increase-default_max_tx_power.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.16 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 22d059a5c7c5de61e53c88e30b65e55fbfd91e91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eliad Peller <eliad@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 11:23:11 +0300
Subject: iwlwifi: increase DEFAULT_MAX_TX_POWER
From: Eliad Peller <eliad@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit 22d059a5c7c5de61e53c88e30b65e55fbfd91e91 upstream.
The chip is able to transmit up to 22dBm, so set
the constant appropriately.
Signed-off-by: Eliad Peller <eliadx.peller@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-config.h | 2 ++
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-nvm-parse.c | 4 +---
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-config.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-config.h
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ enum iwl_led_mode {
#define IWL_LONG_WD_TIMEOUT 10000
#define IWL_MAX_WD_TIMEOUT 120000
+#define IWL_DEFAULT_MAX_TX_POWER 22
+
/* Antenna presence definitions */
#define ANT_NONE 0x0
#define ANT_A BIT(0)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-nvm-parse.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-nvm-parse.c
@@ -143,8 +143,6 @@ static const u8 iwl_nvm_channels_family_
#define LAST_2GHZ_HT_PLUS 9
#define LAST_5GHZ_HT 161
-#define DEFAULT_MAX_TX_POWER 16
-
/* rate data (static) */
static struct ieee80211_rate iwl_cfg80211_rates[] = {
{ .bitrate = 1 * 10, .hw_value = 0, .hw_value_short = 0, },
@@ -279,7 +277,7 @@ static int iwl_init_channel_map(struct d
* Default value - highest tx power value. max_power
* is not used in mvm, and is used for backwards compatibility
*/
- channel->max_power = DEFAULT_MAX_TX_POWER;
+ channel->max_power = IWL_DEFAULT_MAX_TX_POWER;
is_5ghz = channel->band == IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ;
IWL_DEBUG_EEPROM(dev,
"Ch. %d [%sGHz] %s%s%s%s%s%s(0x%02x %ddBm): Ad-Hoc %ssupported\n",
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from eliad@xxxxxxxxxx are
queue-3.16/iwlwifi-increase-default_max_tx_power.patch
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