[rt2x00-users] [PATCH 3/7] rt2x00: Align ieee80211 header to 4-byte boundary for PCI devices

[Ivo van Doorn]

Some hardware require the ieee80211 header to be aligned to a
4-byte boundary before mapping it to the DMA. Otherwise some
frames (like beacons) will not be send out correctly by the
device.

Signed-off-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn at gmail.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c |   12 ++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c
index 65435c9..e67e339 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c
@@ -453,9 +453,21 @@ int rt2x00queue_write_tx_frame(struct data_queue *queue, struct sk_buff *skb)
 			rt2x00crypto_tx_remove_iv(skb, &txdesc);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * When DMA allocation is required we should guarentee to the
+	 * driver that the DMA is aligned to a 4-byte boundary.
+	 * Aligning the header to this boundary can be done by calling
+	 * rt2x00queue_payload_align with the header length of 0.
+	 * However some drivers require L2 padding to pad the payload
+	 * rather then the header. This could be a requirement for
+	 * PCI and USB devices, while header alignment only is valid
+	 * for PCI devices.
+	 */
 	if (test_bit(DRIVER_REQUIRE_L2PAD, &queue->rt2x00dev->flags))
 		rt2x00queue_payload_align(entry->skb, true,
 					  txdesc.header_length);
+	else if (test_bit(DRIVER_REQUIRE_DMA, &queue->rt2x00dev->flags))
+		rt2x00queue_payload_align(entry->skb, false, 0);
 
 	/*
 	 * It could be possible that the queue was corrupted and this
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