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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/mac.c | 29 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/mac.h | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c | 12 |
5 files changed, 53 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c index 63d84613dc9..493160c8c75 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c @@ -918,6 +918,11 @@ int ath9k_hw_init(struct ath_hw *ah) ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_RESET, "serialize_regmode is %d\n", ah->config.serialize_regmode); + if (AR_SREV_9285(ah) || AR_SREV_9271(ah)) + ah->config.max_txtrig_level = MAX_TX_FIFO_THRESHOLD >> 1; + else + ah->config.max_txtrig_level = MAX_TX_FIFO_THRESHOLD; + if (!ath9k_hw_macversion_supported(ah->hw_version.macVersion)) { ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_FATAL, "Mac Chip Rev 0x%02x.%x is not supported by " @@ -3224,7 +3229,11 @@ void ath9k_hw_fill_cap_info(struct ath_hw *ah) pCap->keycache_size = AR_KEYTABLE_SIZE; pCap->hw_caps |= ATH9K_HW_CAP_FASTCC; - pCap->tx_triglevel_max = MAX_TX_FIFO_THRESHOLD; + + if (AR_SREV_9285(ah) || AR_SREV_9271(ah)) + pCap->tx_triglevel_max = MAX_TX_FIFO_THRESHOLD >> 1; + else + pCap->tx_triglevel_max = MAX_TX_FIFO_THRESHOLD; if (AR_SREV_9285_10_OR_LATER(ah)) pCap->num_gpio_pins = AR9285_NUM_GPIO; diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h index b12634262d9..46e1572dc94 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h @@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ struct ath9k_ops_config { #define AR_SPUR_FEEQ_BOUND_HT20 10 int spurmode; u16 spurchans[AR_EEPROM_MODAL_SPURS][2]; + u8 max_txtrig_level; }; enum ath9k_int { diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/mac.c index 09ed441eb6b..71b84d91dcf 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/mac.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/mac.c @@ -70,12 +70,37 @@ u32 ath9k_hw_numtxpending(struct ath_hw *ah, u32 q) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(ath9k_hw_numtxpending); +/** + * ath9k_hw_updatetxtriglevel - adjusts the frame trigger level + * + * @ah: atheros hardware struct + * @bIncTrigLevel: whether or not the frame trigger level should be updated + * + * The frame trigger level specifies the minimum number of bytes, + * in units of 64 bytes, that must be DMA'ed into the PCU TX FIFO + * before the PCU will initiate sending the frame on the air. This can + * mean we initiate transmit before a full frame is on the PCU TX FIFO. + * Resets to 0x1 (meaning 64 bytes or a full frame, whichever occurs + * first) + * + * Caution must be taken to ensure to set the frame trigger level based + * on the DMA request size. For example if the DMA request size is set to + * 128 bytes the trigger level cannot exceed 6 * 64 = 384. This is because + * there need to be enough space in the tx FIFO for the requested transfer + * size. Hence the tx FIFO will stop with 512 - 128 = 384 bytes. If we set + * the threshold to a value beyond 6, then the transmit will hang. + * + * Current dual stream devices have a PCU TX FIFO size of 8 KB. + * Current single stream devices have a PCU TX FIFO size of 4 KB, however, + * there is a hardware issue which forces us to use 2 KB instead so the + * frame trigger level must not exceed 2 KB for these chipsets. + */ bool ath9k_hw_updatetxtriglevel(struct ath_hw *ah, bool bIncTrigLevel) { u32 txcfg, curLevel, newLevel; enum ath9k_int omask; - if (ah->tx_trig_level >= MAX_TX_FIFO_THRESHOLD) + if (ah->tx_trig_level >= ah->config.max_txtrig_level) return false; omask = ath9k_hw_set_interrupts(ah, ah->mask_reg & ~ATH9K_INT_GLOBAL); @@ -84,7 +109,7 @@ bool ath9k_hw_updatetxtriglevel(struct ath_hw *ah, bool bIncTrigLevel) curLevel = MS(txcfg, AR_FTRIG); newLevel = curLevel; if (bIncTrigLevel) { - if (curLevel < MAX_TX_FIFO_THRESHOLD) + if (curLevel < ah->config.max_txtrig_level) newLevel++; } else if (curLevel > MIN_TX_FIFO_THRESHOLD) newLevel--; diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/mac.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/mac.h index 6cc04951a05..0c87771383f 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/mac.h +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/mac.h @@ -86,9 +86,15 @@ #define ATH9K_TX_SW_ABORTED 0x40 #define ATH9K_TX_SW_FILTERED 0x80 +/* 64 bytes */ #define MIN_TX_FIFO_THRESHOLD 0x1 + +/* + * Single stream device AR9285 and AR9271 require 2 KB + * to work around a hardware issue, all other devices + * have can use the max 4 KB limit. + */ #define MAX_TX_FIFO_THRESHOLD ((4096 / 64) - 1) -#define INIT_TX_FIFO_THRESHOLD MIN_TX_FIFO_THRESHOLD struct ath_tx_status { u32 ts_tstamp; diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c index e697bd93490..c915954d4d5 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c @@ -1235,10 +1235,14 @@ static void ath_tx_status(void *priv, struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband, return; /* - * If underrun error is seen assume it as an excessive retry only - * if prefetch trigger level have reached the max (0x3f for 5416) - * Adjust the long retry as if the frame was tried hw->max_rate_tries - * times. This affects how ratectrl updates PER for the failed rate. + * If an underrun error is seen assume it as an excessive retry only + * if max frame trigger level has been reached (2 KB for singel stream, + * and 4 KB for dual stream). Adjust the long retry as if the frame was + * tried hw->max_rate_tries times to affect how ratectrl updates PER for + * the failed rate. In case of congestion on the bus penalizing these + * type of underruns should help hardware actually transmit new frames + * successfully by eventually preferring slower rates. This itself + * should also alleviate congestion on the bus. */ if ((tx_info->pad[0] & ATH_TX_INFO_UNDERRUN) && (sc->sc_ah->tx_trig_level >= ath_rc_priv->tx_triglevel_max)) { |