[rt2x00-users] [PATCHv2 1/6] rt2x00: Generate sw sequence numbers only for devices that need it

Gertjan van Wingerde gwingerde at gmail.com
Thu Feb 24 08:01:16 EST 2011


On 02/23/11 13:46, Helmut Schaa wrote:
> Newer devices like rt2800* own a hardware sequence counter and thus
> don't need to use a software sequence counter at all. Add a new driver
> flag to shortcut the software sequence number generation on devices that
> don't need it.
> 
> rt61pci, rt73usb and rt2800* seem to make use of a hw sequence counter
> while rt2400pci and rt2500* need to do it in software.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa at googlemail.com>

Acked-by: Gertjan van Wingerde <gwingerde at gmail.com>

> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2400pci.c   |    1 +
>  drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.c   |    1 +
>  drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c   |    1 +
>  drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h      |    1 +
>  drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c |   11 +++++++----
>  5 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2400pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2400pci.c
> index 2725f3c..d38acf4 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2400pci.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2400pci.c
> @@ -1641,6 +1641,7 @@ static int rt2400pci_probe_hw(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
>  	 */
>  	__set_bit(DRIVER_REQUIRE_ATIM_QUEUE, &rt2x00dev->flags);
>  	__set_bit(DRIVER_REQUIRE_DMA, &rt2x00dev->flags);
> +	__set_bit(DRIVER_REQUIRE_SW_SEQNO, &rt2x00dev->flags);
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * Set the rssi offset.
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.c
> index 3ef1fb4..b00e4d4 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.c
> @@ -1959,6 +1959,7 @@ static int rt2500pci_probe_hw(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
>  	 */
>  	__set_bit(DRIVER_REQUIRE_ATIM_QUEUE, &rt2x00dev->flags);
>  	__set_bit(DRIVER_REQUIRE_DMA, &rt2x00dev->flags);
> +	__set_bit(DRIVER_REQUIRE_SW_SEQNO, &rt2x00dev->flags);
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * Set the rssi offset.
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
> index 01f385d..b71df29 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
> @@ -1795,6 +1795,7 @@ static int rt2500usb_probe_hw(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
>  		__set_bit(DRIVER_REQUIRE_COPY_IV, &rt2x00dev->flags);
>  	}
>  	__set_bit(DRIVER_SUPPORT_WATCHDOG, &rt2x00dev->flags);
> +	__set_bit(DRIVER_REQUIRE_SW_SEQNO, &rt2x00dev->flags);
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * Set the rssi offset.
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
> index 391669b..be4d4cd 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
> @@ -662,6 +662,7 @@ enum rt2x00_flags {
>  	DRIVER_REQUIRE_L2PAD,
>  	DRIVER_REQUIRE_TXSTATUS_FIFO,
>  	DRIVER_REQUIRE_TASKLET_CONTEXT,
> +	DRIVER_REQUIRE_SW_SEQNO,
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * Driver features
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c
> index b32ca31..eebb564 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c
> @@ -224,10 +224,14 @@ static void rt2x00queue_create_tx_descriptor_seq(struct queue_entry *entry,
>  	if (!(tx_info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_ASSIGN_SEQ))
>  		return;
>  
> +	__set_bit(ENTRY_TXD_GENERATE_SEQ, &txdesc->flags);
> +
> +	if (!test_bit(DRIVER_REQUIRE_SW_SEQNO, &entry->queue->rt2x00dev->flags))
> +		return;
> +
>  	/*
> -	 * Hardware should insert sequence counter.
> -	 * FIXME: We insert a software sequence counter first for
> -	 * hardware that doesn't support hardware sequence counting.
> +	 * The hardware is not able to insert a sequence number. Assign a
> +	 * software generated one here.
>  	 *
>  	 * This is wrong because beacons are not getting sequence
>  	 * numbers assigned properly.
> @@ -245,7 +249,6 @@ static void rt2x00queue_create_tx_descriptor_seq(struct queue_entry *entry,
>  
>  	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&intf->seqlock, irqflags);
>  
> -	__set_bit(ENTRY_TXD_GENERATE_SEQ, &txdesc->flags);
>  }
>  
>  static void rt2x00queue_create_tx_descriptor_plcp(struct queue_entry *entry,




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