The functionality to keep the device awake until it is done with
the rx of any mcast/bcast frames which are pending on AP should
also be added to the hardwares which support auto sleep feature.
This patch fixes frequent failures in ARP resolution when it is
initiated by the other end. Currently auto sleep is enabled only
for ar9003 in ath9k.
Signed-off-by: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vasanth@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Don't send them for further processing.
Signed-off-by: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vasanth@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vasanth@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
ath_tx_status and ath_rx_status data are only necessary for a short
time, until they have been processed and converted into mac80211 data
structures.
Because of that, it makes no sense to keep them tied to the DMA
descriptor, that only wastes precious memory.
This patch allocates the data on stack in the functions that call the
conversion functions from ath9k_hw.
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
This patch passes in a pointer to the ath_rx_status data structure for
functions that need it, instead of letting them grab it directly from
the ath_desc struct. This is useful for making it possible to allocate
the intermediate rx status data separately.
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Numeric channel is hard to get, so it won't be printed. Replace Mhz
with MHz on the affected lines and add commas as needed.
Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
This file can be used to track frame reception errors.
PHY error counts are also added.
Location: ath9k/phy#/recv
Signed-off-by: Sujith <Sujith.Manoharan@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
sc_flags has slowly become a kitchen sink over time.
Move powersave related flags to a separate variable.
Signed-off-by: Sujith <Sujith.Manoharan@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
ath9k and ath9k_htc share a lot of common hardware characteristics.
They only differ in that ath9k_htc works with a target CPU and ath9k
works directly with the hardware. ath9k_htc will do *some* things in
the firmware, but a lot of others on the host.
The common 802.11n hardware code is already shared through the ath9k_hw
module. Common helpers amongst all Atheros drivers can use the ath module,
this includes ath5k and ar9170 as users. But there is some common driver
specific helpers which are not exactly hardware code which ath9k and
ath9k_htc can share. We'll be using ath9k_common for this to avoid
bloating the ath module and the common 802.11n hardware module ath9k_hw.
We start by sharing skb pre and post processing in preparation for a hand
off to mac80211.
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Use a helper for the RX skb post processing,
ath9k_rx_skb_postprocess().
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
This will make sharing code easier between ath9k and ath9k_htc.
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
And change the return value to something more obvious.
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
While at it flip the order, seems easier to read and also
add some better description as to why we do this check.
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
This will also be used by ath9k_htc.
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
The skb->cb (control buffer, 48 bytes) is available to the skb
upon skb allocation. You can fill it up imediately after skb
allocation. ath9k was copying onto the skb->cb the data from the
processed skb for mac80211 from a stack struct ieee80211_rx_status
structure. This is unnecessary, instead use the skb->cb for the
rx status immediately after the skb becomes available and DMA
synched.
Additionally, avoid the copy of the skb->cb also for virtual wiphys
as skb_copy() will copy over the skb->cb for us as well.
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
This moves all the RX processing of RSSI into a helper,
ath_rx_prepare(). ath_rx_prepare() should now be really
easy to read and follow.
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
This moves the qual computing into a small helper,
ath9k_compute_qual()
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
ath9k_process_rate() now does all the rx status processing to
read the rate the hardware passed and translate it to whatever
mac80211 wants.
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Its just a distraction when reading the code, instead use the
rx_stats->rs_rate directly.
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
This does sanity checking on the skb and RX status descriptor
prior to processing.
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
No need to use the private driver structure to get to an sband.
This will make it easier to share this code with ath9k_htc.
With the sc gone we can now just pass the common structure to
ath_rx_prepare().
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
This can be shared between ath9k and ath9k_htc. It will also
help with sharing routine helpers on the RX path.
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
This will be shared between ath9k and ath9k_htc.
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Its not needed, so just pass the hardware RX status.
We'll be simplfying ath_rx_prepare() with code we can share
between ath9k and ath9k_htc. This will help make that code
easier to read and manage.
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
this now uses the proper hw which should mean finding the
right sta when using ath9k virtual wiphy stuff. Only
advantage I see here is getting the rssi properly updated
so the 'fix' itself isn't that great, but at least this
is correct.
Cc: Jouni.Malinen <Jouni.Malinen@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
ath_get_virt_hw() is required on RX to determine for which virtual
wiphy an skb came in for. Instead of searching for the hw twice do
it only once.
Cc: Jouni.Malinen <Jouni.Malinen@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Since we have a TODO item to make all station
management dependent on virtual interfaces, I
figured I'd start with pushing such a change
to drivers before more drivers start using the
ieee80211_find_sta() API with a hw pointer and
cause us grief later on.
For now continue exporting the old API in form
of ieee80211_find_sta_by_hw(), but discourage
its use strongly.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
ath9k uses this for now, ath9k_htc is expected to re-use this
as well. We lave ath5k as is, but it certainly can also be
converted later.
The ath9k module parameter and debugfs entry is kept.
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Also make ath5k and ath9k use it, and share register definitions.
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
This ensures that we can access common on hw related code
independent of the driver core.
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
These are common amongst ath9k and ath5k, so put them into the
common structure and make ath9k to use it. ar9170 can use macaddr,
and curbssid. We'll change ath5k and ar9170 separately.
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
DPRINTF() is used in hw specific related code, as such
ensure we don't rely on the private driver core ath_softc
struct when calling it. Drivers can then implement their
own DPRINTF() as they see fit.
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
BAR frames have to be sent to mac80211 only if the
current channel is HT. Also, move the macro to
enum ath9k_rx_filter.
Signed-off-by: Sujith <Sujith.Manoharan@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Support for FIF_OTHER_BSS was missing. This patch adds support for this
filtering mode which in turn resolves a problem where mesh interfaces would not
receive broadcast traffic.
Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Other than ns_avgbrssi (Average beacon rssi) no data of
ath9k_node_stats is being used anywhere. Nuke this structure
and move its only useful member to ar5416Anistate. Also cleanup
this redundant data in ath_softc.
Signed-off-by: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vasanth@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Turns out ath5k and ath9k can share the same helper to
allocates RX skbs. We allocate skbs aligned to the cache line
size. This requirement seems to have come from AR5210; when
this was not done it seems sometimes we'd get bogus data. I'm
also told it may have been a performance enhancement
consideration. In the end I can't be sure we can remove this
on new hardware so just keep this and start sharing it through
ath.ko.
Make ath9k start using this, ath5k is next.
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
ANI uses the beacon RSSI for its operation.
Update this properly.
Signed-off-by: Sujith <Sujith.Manoharan@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
We used to set pspoll filter on ath9k on AP mode but
we no longer need this mode specific check as mac80211
now does the check for us and informs us when we should
enable pspoll through FIF_PSPOLL.
Cc: Igor Perminov <igor.perminov@inbox.ru>
Cc: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
RSSI reported by the RX descriptor requires little manipulation.
Manipulate and report the correct RSSI to the stack. This will
fix the improper signal levels reported by iwconfig iw dev wlanX
station dump. Also the Link Quality reported seems to be varying
(falls to zero also sometimes) when iperf is run from STA to AP.
Also use the default noise floor for now as the one reported
during the caliberation seems to be wrong.
The Signal and Link Quality before this patch (taken while TX is
in progress from STA to AP)
09:59:13.285428037 Link Quality=29/70 Signal level=-81 dBm
09:59:13.410660084 Link Quality=20/70 Signal level=-90 dBm
09:59:13.586864392 Link Quality=21/70 Signal level=-89 dBm
09:59:13.710296281 Link Quality=21/70 Signal level=-89 dBm
09:59:13.821683064 Link Quality=25/70 Signal level=-85 dBm
09:59:13.933402989 Link Quality=24/70 Signal level=-86 dBm
09:59:14.045839276 Link Quality=26/70 Signal level=-84 dBm
09:59:14.193926673 Link Quality=23/70 Signal level=-87 dBm
09:59:14.306230262 Link Quality=31/70 Signal level=-79 dBm
09:59:14.419459667 Link Quality=26/70 Signal level=-84 dBm
09:59:14.530711167 Link Quality=37/70 Signal level=-73 dBm
09:59:14.642593962 Link Quality=29/70 Signal level=-81 dBm
09:59:14.754361169 Link Quality=21/70 Signal level=-89 dBm
09:59:14.866217355 Link Quality=21/70 Signal level=-89 dBm
09:59:14.976963623 Link Quality=28/70 Signal level=-82 dBm
09:59:15.089149809 Link Quality=26/70 Signal level=-84 dBm
09:59:15.205039887 Link Quality=27/70 Signal level=-83 dBm
09:59:15.316368003 Link Quality=23/70 Signal level=-87 dBm
09:59:15.427684036 Link Quality=36/70 Signal level=-74 dBm
09:59:15.539756380 Link Quality=21/70 Signal level=-89 dBm
09:59:15.650549093 Link Quality=22/70 Signal level=-88 dBm
09:59:15.761171672 Link Quality=32/70 Signal level=-78 dBm
09:59:15.872793750 Link Quality=23/70 Signal level=-87 dBm
09:59:15.984421694 Link Quality=22/70 Signal level=-88 dBm
09:59:16.097315093 Link Quality=21/70 Signal level=-89 dBm
The link quality and signal level after this patch (take while
TX is in progress from STA to AP)
17:21:25.627848091 Link Quality=65/70 Signal level=-45 dBm
17:21:25.762805607 Link Quality=65/70 Signal level=-45 dBm
17:21:25.875521888 Link Quality=66/70 Signal level=-44 dBm
17:21:25.987468448 Link Quality=66/70 Signal level=-44 dBm
17:21:26.100628151 Link Quality=66/70 Signal level=-44 dBm
17:21:26.213129671 Link Quality=66/70 Signal level=-44 dBm
17:21:26.324923070 Link Quality=65/70 Signal level=-45 dBm
17:21:26.436831357 Link Quality=65/70 Signal level=-45 dBm
17:21:26.610356973 Link Quality=65/70 Signal level=-45 dBm
17:21:26.723340047 Link Quality=65/70 Signal level=-45 dBm
17:21:26.835715293 Link Quality=64/70 Signal level=-46 dBm
17:21:26.949542748 Link Quality=64/70 Signal level=-46 dBm
17:21:27.062261613 Link Quality=65/70 Signal level=-45 dBm
17:21:27.174511563 Link Quality=64/70 Signal level=-46 dBm
17:21:27.287616232 Link Quality=64/70 Signal level=-46 dBm
17:21:27.400598119 Link Quality=64/70 Signal level=-46 dBm
17:21:27.511381404 Link Quality=64/70 Signal level=-46 dBm
17:21:27.624530421 Link Quality=65/70 Signal level=-45 dBm
17:21:27.737807109 Link Quality=64/70 Signal level=-46 dBm
17:21:27.850861352 Link Quality=65/70 Signal level=-45 dBm
17:21:27.963369436 Link Quality=64/70 Signal level=-46 dBm
17:21:28.076582289 Link Quality=64/70 Signal level=-46 dBm
Signed-off-by: Senthil Balasubramanian <senthilkumar@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vasanth@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
We were not differentiating quality between legacy and HT
configurations. We change this to consider the differences.
New theory for reporting quality:
At a hardware RSSI of 45 you will be able to use MCS 7 reliably.
At a hardware RSSI of 45 you will be able to use MCS 15 reliably.
At a hardware RSSI of 35 you should be able use 54 Mbps reliably.
MCS 7 is the highets MCS index usable by a 1-stream device.
MCS 15 is the highest MCS index usable by a 2-stream device.
All ath9k devices are either 1-stream or 2-stream.
How many bars you see is derived from the qual reporting.
A more elaborate scheme can be used here but it requires tables
of SNR/throughput for each possible mode used. For the MCS table
you can refer to the wireless wiki:
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/ieee80211/802.11n
This should fix this bug report:
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13537
Cc: Janath.Peiris@atheros.com
Cc: Matt.Smith@atheros.com
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
This helper only clears the SC_OP_WAIT_FOR_{BEACON,CAB} flags.
Remove it and clear these flags directly in the approptiate
places instead.
Changes-licensed-under: ISC
Signed-off-by: Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
All SC_OP_WAIT_* flags will be cleared in 'ath9k_conf' when PS mode
is disabled, so we don't have to clear it here.
Changes-licensed-under: ISC
Signed-off-by: Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan