Message ID | BANLkTi=3mGWzGghuip2xyo+24yd2mJXfUg@mail.gmail.com (mailing list archive) |
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On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote: > That should only really hit 0 if you're configuring a low TX power level.. ? true. > > Hm, I spy with my little eye a small bug with the eeprom power > handling for the v14 eeprom. > The modal header has: > > u8 pwrDecreaseFor2Chain; > u8 pwrDecreaseFor3Chain; > > but the EEPROM code is hard-coded to use -6 for 2-chain reduction and > -9 for 3-chain reduction. yes, but I am not sure whether this configuration from eeprom is needed for AR9003? if they are hardcoding the data from eeprom may return 0 ? > > A completely untested patch (but FreeBSD does this) : > > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom_def.c > b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom_def.c > index 17f0a68..09f587b 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom_def.c > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom_def.c > @@ -906,6 +906,7 @@ static void > ath9k_hw_set_def_power_per_rate_table(struct ath_hw *ah, > struct chan_centers centers; > int tx_chainmask; > u16 twiceMinEdgePower; > + u8 pwrDecreaseFor2Chain, pwrDecreaseFor3Chain; > > tx_chainmask = ah->txchainmask; > > @@ -924,6 +925,11 @@ static void > ath9k_hw_set_def_power_per_rate_table(struct ath_hw *ah, > twiceLargestAntenna = (int16_t)min(AntennaReduction - > twiceLargestAntenna, 0); > > + pwrDecreaseFor2Chain = pEepData->modalHeader > + [IS_CHAN_2GHZ(chan)].pwrDecreaseFor2Chain; > + pwrDecreaseFor3Chain = pEepData->modalHeader > + [IS_CHAN_2GHZ(chan)].pwrDecreaseFor3Chain; > + > maxRegAllowedPower = twiceMaxRegulatoryPower + twiceLargestAntenna; > > if (regulatory->tp_scale != ATH9K_TP_SCALE_MAX) { > @@ -937,14 +943,14 @@ static void > ath9k_hw_set_def_power_per_rate_table(struct ath_hw *ah, > case 1: > break; > case 2: > - if (scaledPower > REDUCE_SCALED_POWER_BY_TWO_CHAIN) > - scaledPower -= REDUCE_SCALED_POWER_BY_TWO_CHAIN; > + if (scaledPower > pwrDecreaseFor2Chain) > + scaledPower -= pwrDecreaseFor2Chain; > else > scaledPower = 0; > break; > case 3: > - if (scaledPower > REDUCE_SCALED_POWER_BY_THREE_CHAIN) > - scaledPower -= REDUCE_SCALED_POWER_BY_THREE_CHAIN; > + if (scaledPower > pwrDecreaseFor3Chain) > + scaledPower -= pwrDecreaseFor3Chain; > else > scaledPower = 0; > break; > hmmm in ath9k not exactly the same is there, REG_WRITE(ah, AR_PHY_POWER_TX_SUB, ATH9K_POW_SM(pModal->pwrDecreaseFor3Chain, 6) | ATH9K_POW_SM(pModal->pwrDecreaseFor2Chain, 0)); > > On 27 May 2011 15:18, Mohammed Shafi <shafi.wireless@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 10:13 PM, Daniel Halperin >> <dhalperi@cs.washington.edu> wrote: >>> This is the same fix as >>> >>> commit 841051602e3fa18ea468fe5a177aa92b6eb44b56 >>> Author: Matteo Croce <technoboy85@gmail.com> >>> Date: Fri Dec 3 02:25:08 2010 +0100 >>> >>> The ath9k driver subtracts 3 dBm to the txpower as with two radios the >>> signal power is doubled. >>> The resulting value is assigned in an u16 which overflows and makes >>> the card work at full power. >>> >>> in two more places. I grepped the ath tree and didn't find any others. >>> >>> Cc: stable@kernel.org >>> Signed-off-by: Daniel Halperin <dhalperi@cs.washington.edu> >>> --- >>> RFC: Blaise Gassend actually pointed these two bugs out on 12/7/2010 but no >>> one fixed. There was some discussion about refactoring/improving this code, >>> but it never seemed to get anywhere. See this thread: >>> >>> http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.ath9k.devel/4601 >>> --- >>> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_eeprom.c | 10 ++++++++-- >>> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom_9287.c | 10 ++++++++-- >>> 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) >>> >>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_eeprom.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_eeprom.c >>> index 729534c..934e419 100644 >>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_eeprom.c >>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_eeprom.c >>> @@ -4645,10 +4645,16 @@ static void ar9003_hw_set_power_per_rate_table(struct ath_hw *ah, >>> case 1: >>> break; >>> case 2: >>> - scaledPower -= REDUCE_SCALED_POWER_BY_TWO_CHAIN; >>> + if (scaledPower > REDUCE_SCALED_POWER_BY_TWO_CHAIN) >>> + scaledPower -= REDUCE_SCALED_POWER_BY_TWO_CHAIN; >>> + else >>> + scaledPower = 0; >> >> should we make the scaledPower as '0' lets have the first check if it >> fails, let us retain the scaledPower obtained by >> scaledPower = min(powerLimit, maxRegAllowedPower); >> >> am I missing something ? >> making scaledPower affects this >> minCtlPower = (u8)min(twiceMaxEdgePower, scaledPower); >> >> which in turn affects >> pPwrArray[i] = >> (u8)min((u16)pPwrArray[i], >> minCtlPower); >> >> which in turn affects target Power values >> >> >> >> >> >>> break; >>> case 3: >>> - scaledPower -= REDUCE_SCALED_POWER_BY_THREE_CHAIN; >>> + if (scaledPower > REDUCE_SCALED_POWER_BY_THREE_CHAIN) >>> + scaledPower -= REDUCE_SCALED_POWER_BY_THREE_CHAIN; >>> + else >>> + scaledPower = 0; >>> break; >>> } >>> >>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom_9287.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom_9287.c >>> index 7856f0d..343fc9f 100644 >>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom_9287.c >>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom_9287.c >>> @@ -524,10 +524,16 @@ static void ath9k_hw_set_ar9287_power_per_rate_table(struct ath_hw *ah, >>> case 1: >>> break; >>> case 2: >>> - scaledPower -= REDUCE_SCALED_POWER_BY_TWO_CHAIN; >>> + if (scaledPower > REDUCE_SCALED_POWER_BY_TWO_CHAIN) >>> + scaledPower -= REDUCE_SCALED_POWER_BY_TWO_CHAIN; >>> + else >>> + scaledPower = 0; >>> break; >>> case 3: >>> - scaledPower -= REDUCE_SCALED_POWER_BY_THREE_CHAIN; >>> + if (scaledPower > REDUCE_SCALED_POWER_BY_THREE_CHAIN) >>> + scaledPower -= REDUCE_SCALED_POWER_BY_THREE_CHAIN; >>> + else >>> + scaledPower = 0; >>> break; >>> } >>> scaledPower = max((u16)0, scaledPower); >>> -- >>> 1.7.0.4 >>> >>> >>> -- >>> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in >>> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >>> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> shafi >> >
On 27 May 2011 15:58, Mohammed Shafi <shafi.wireless@gmail.com> wrote: > yes, but I am not sure whether this configuration from eeprom is > needed for AR9003? > if they are hardcoding the data from eeprom may return 0 ? No idea, I don't know the AR9003 code yet. :) > hmmm in ath9k not exactly the same is there, > REG_WRITE(ah, AR_PHY_POWER_TX_SUB, > ATH9K_POW_SM(pModal->pwrDecreaseFor3Chain, 6) > | ATH9K_POW_SM(pModal->pwrDecreaseFor2Chain, 0)); Hm, I'm not sure what that's for. Is it for per-packet TPC? Adrian -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 27 May 2011 15:58, Mohammed Shafi <shafi.wireless@gmail.com> wrote: > >> yes, but I am not sure whether this configuration from eeprom is >> needed for AR9003? >> if they are hardcoding the data from eeprom may return 0 ? > > No idea, I don't know the AR9003 code yet. :) > >> hmmm in ath9k not exactly the same is there, >> REG_WRITE(ah, AR_PHY_POWER_TX_SUB, >> ATH9K_POW_SM(pModal->pwrDecreaseFor3Chain, 6) >> | ATH9K_POW_SM(pModal->pwrDecreaseFor2Chain, 0)); > > Hm, I'm not sure what that's for. Is it for per-packet TPC? yes quoting the descritption: subtract this value in dBm (0.5dB steps) from per_packet_powertx_max when 3 /2 chains are active > > > > Adrian >
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom_def.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom_def.c index 17f0a68..09f587b 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom_def.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom_def.c @@ -906,6 +906,7 @@ static void ath9k_hw_set_def_power_per_rate_table(struct ath_hw *ah, struct chan_centers centers; int tx_chainmask; u16 twiceMinEdgePower; + u8 pwrDecreaseFor2Chain, pwrDecreaseFor3Chain; tx_chainmask = ah->txchainmask;