iwlwifi: add function to reset/tune radio if needed

Adding "radio reset" function to help reset and stabilize the radio.

During normal operation, sometime for unknown reason, radio encounter
problem and can not recover by itself; the best way to
recover from it is to reset and re-tune the radio. Currently, there is
no RF reset command available, but since radio will get reset when
switching channel, use internal hw scan request to force radio
reset and get back to normal operation state.

The internal hw scan will only perform passive scan on the first
available channel (not the channel being used) in associated state. The
request should be ignored if already performing scan operation or STA is
not in associated state.

Also include an "internal_scan" debugfs file to help trigger the
internal scan from user mode.

Signed-off-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.h b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.h
index 785331a98aa..6de83d1e1eb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.h
@@ -494,6 +494,8 @@ void iwl_init_scan_params(struct iwl_priv *priv);
 int iwl_scan_cancel(struct iwl_priv *priv);
 int iwl_scan_cancel_timeout(struct iwl_priv *priv, unsigned long ms);
 int iwl_mac_hw_scan(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct cfg80211_scan_request *req);
+int iwl_internal_short_hw_scan(struct iwl_priv *priv);
+void iwl_force_rf_reset(struct iwl_priv *priv);
 u16 iwl_fill_probe_req(struct iwl_priv *priv, struct ieee80211_mgmt *frame,
 		       const u8 *ie, int ie_len, int left);
 void iwl_setup_rx_scan_handlers(struct iwl_priv *priv);