rt2x00: Re-order tx descriptor writing code in drivers.

Where possible, write the tx descriptor words from start to end, to
follow a logical ordering of words.
Where this is not possible (in rt2400pci, rt2500pci and rt61pci) add
a comment as to why word 0 needs to be written last.

Signed-off-by: Gertjan van Wingerde <gwingerde@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Gertjan van Wingerde
2010-05-11 23:51:39 +02:00
committed by John W. Linville
parent 6b97cb04f2
commit e01f1ec35f
5 changed files with 59 additions and 44 deletions

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@@ -1193,6 +1193,11 @@ static void rt2500pci_write_tx_desc(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
test_bit(ENTRY_TXD_RTS_FRAME, &txdesc->flags));
rt2x00_desc_write(txd, 10, word);
/*
* Writing TXD word 0 must the last to prevent a race condition with
* the device, whereby the device may take hold of the TXD before we
* finished updating it.
*/
rt2x00_desc_read(txd, 0, &word);
rt2x00_set_field32(&word, TXD_W0_OWNER_NIC, 1);
rt2x00_set_field32(&word, TXD_W0_VALID, 1);