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authorFelix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>2011-01-10 00:25:17 +0000
committerFelix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>2011-01-10 00:25:17 +0000
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ath9k: reduce the number of false positives triggered by the baseband hang check by only running it when beacon transmission is blocked
SVN-Revision: 24954
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-rw-r--r--package/mac80211/patches/540-ath9k_bb_hang_check_fix.patch30
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diff --git a/package/mac80211/patches/540-ath9k_bb_hang_check_fix.patch b/package/mac80211/patches/540-ath9k_bb_hang_check_fix.patch
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/mac80211/patches/540-ath9k_bb_hang_check_fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+
+--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
+@@ -251,6 +251,9 @@ int ath_set_channel(struct ath_softc *sc
+ if (!ath_stoprecv(sc))
+ stopped = false;
+
++ if (!ath9k_hw_check_alive(ah))
++ stopped = false;
++
+ /* XXX: do not flush receive queue here. We don't want
+ * to flush data frames already in queue because of
+ * changing channel. */
+@@ -602,7 +605,15 @@ void ath9k_tasklet(unsigned long data)
+
+ spin_lock(&sc->sc_pcu_lock);
+
+- if (!ath9k_hw_check_alive(ah))
++ /*
++ * Only run the baseband hang check if beacons stop working in AP or
++ * IBSS mode, because it has a high false positive rate. For station
++ * mode it should not be necessary, since the upper layers will detect
++ * this through a beacon miss automatically and the following channel
++ * change will trigger a hardware reset anyway
++ */
++ if (ath9k_hw_numtxpending(ah, sc->beacon.beaconq) != 0 &&
++ !ath9k_hw_check_alive(ah))
+ ieee80211_queue_work(sc->hw, &sc->hw_check_work);
+
+ if (ah->caps.hw_caps & ATH9K_HW_CAP_EDMA)