When I initially stumbled upon sequence number problems with PAE frames
in ath9k, I submitted a patch to remove all special cases for PAE
frames and let them go through the normal transmit path.
Out of concern about crypto incompatibility issues, this change was
merged instead:
commit 6c8afef551
Author: Sujith <Sujith.Manoharan@atheros.com>
Date: Tue Feb 9 10:07:00 2010 +0530
ath9k: Fix sequence numbers for PAE frames
After a lot of testing, I'm able to reliably trigger a driver crash on
rekeying with current versions with this change in place.
It seems that the driver does not support sending out regular MPDUs with
the same TID while an A-MPDU session is active.
This leads to duplicate entries in the TID Tx buffer, which hits the
following BUG_ON in ath_tx_addto_baw():
index = ATH_BA_INDEX(tid->seq_start, bf->bf_seqno);
cindex = (tid->baw_head + index) & (ATH_TID_MAX_BUFS - 1);
BUG_ON(tid->tx_buf[cindex] != NULL);
I believe until we actually have a reproducible case of an
incompatibility with another AP using no PAE special cases, we should
simply get rid of this mess.
This patch completely fixes my crash issues in STA mode and makes it
stay connected without throughput drops or connectivity issues even
when the AP is configured to a very short group rekey interval.
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
This code was commented-out when it was added about a year ago and
remains unchanged -- seems as if we don't need it...
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
"ath5k: remove stale function declarations, make some functions static"
commented-out some unused functions. This removes them.
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Acked-by: Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com>
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (108 commits)
bridge: ensure to unlock in error path in br_multicast_query().
drivers/net/tulip/eeprom.c: fix bogus "(null)" in tulip init messages
sky2: Avoid rtnl_unlock without rtnl_lock
ipv6: Send netlink notification when DAD fails
drivers/net/tg3.c: change the field used with the TG3_FLAG_10_100_ONLY constant
ipconfig: Handle devices which take some time to come up.
mac80211: Fix memory leak in ieee80211_if_write()
mac80211: Fix (dynamic) power save entry
ipw2200: use kmalloc for large local variables
ath5k: read eeprom IQ calibration values correctly for G mode
ath5k: fix I/Q calibration (for real)
ath5k: fix TSF reset
ath5k: use fixed antenna for tx descriptors
libipw: split ieee->networks into small pieces
mac80211: Fix sta_mtx unlocking on insert STA failure path
rt2x00: remove KSEG1ADDR define from rt2x00soc.h
net: add ColdFire support to the smc91x driver
asix: fix setting mac address for AX88772
ipv6 ip6_tunnel: eliminate unused recursion field from ip6_tnl{}.
net: Fix dev_mc_add()
...
The rate control algorithm, default is Minstrel for ath5k, determines
the number of retries to use for each rate. However, there exists in
ath5k_hw_setup_4word_tx_desc (which is called for AR5212 like devices)
a set number of retries defined by AR5K_TUNE_HWTXTRIES. The set
number of tries is added to the tx_tries0 variable setup by the rate
control algorithm. This changes the number of retries the rate
control algorithm considers necessary. By removing the
AR5K_TUNE_HWTXTRIES from the retry calculation the rate control
algorithm is given control over the number of retries.
Signed-off-by: Andrew Blaich <ablaich@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Currently the rate control tx status update gets called for every
subframe of an A-MPDU, and ath9k marks the frame with the relevant
status update with an internal flag. This not suitable for rate control
algorithms using the standard mac80211 rate control API, so fix this by
using IEEE80211_TX_STAT_AMPDU for marking the correct frames that
should be processed.
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Here are some minor updates for EEPROM, mostly documentation and some small
fixes which have no effect at the moment.
- fixed_bias is not available for B mode.
- AR5K_EEPROM_[RT]X_CHAIN_DIS is 3 bit. this is MIMO and will not be used in
ath5k, but just to be correct.
- AR5K_EEPROM_JAP_MID_EN added, and shift of following flags adapted.
- added some documentation for EEPROM values and some comments.
Signed-off-by: Bruno Randolf <br1@einfach.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
according to the HAL sources the calculation of the Q value is slightly
different for AR5211 chips.
i couldn't test this since IQ calibration never finishes on older parts. this
is a different problem...
Signed-off-by: Bruno Randolf <br1@einfach.org>
Acked-by: Nick Kossifidis <mickflemm@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
add a debugfs file to see different RX and TX errors as reported in our status
descriptors. this can help to diagnose driver problems.
statistics can be cleared by writing 'clear' into the frameerrors file.
example:
# cat /sys/kernel/debug/ath5k/phy0/frameerrors
RX
---------------------
CRC 27 (11%)
PHY 3 (1%)
FIFO 0 (0%)
decrypt 0 (0%)
MIC 0 (0%)
process 0 (0%)
jumbo 0 (0%)
[RX all 245]
TX
---------------------
retry 2 (9%)
FIFO 0 (0%)
filter 0 (0%)
[TX all 21]
Signed-off-by: Bruno Randolf <br1@einfach.org>
Acked-by: Nick Kossifidis <mickflemm@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
opmode (operating mode) was defined in struct ath5k_hw and struct ath5k_softc.
remove it from ath5k_hw and use only from ath5k_softc (sc->opmode).
(btw: what's the meaning of opmode when we have multiple interfaces?)
Signed-off-by: Bruno Randolf <br1@einfach.org>
Acked-by: Nick Kossifidis <mickflemm@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
keep statistics about which antenna was used for TX and RX. this is used only
for debugging right now, but might have other applications later.
add a new file 'antenna' in debugfs (/sys/kernel/debug/ath5k/phy0/antenna) to show
antenna use statistics and antenna diversity related register values. it can
also be used to set the antenna mode until we have proper support for that in
iw:
- echo diversity > antenna: use default antenna mode (RX and TX diversity)
- echo fixed-a > antenna: use fixed antenna A for RX and TX
- echo fixed-b > antenna: use fixed antenna B for RX and TX
- echo clear > antenna: reset antenna statistics
Signed-off-by: Bruno Randolf <br1@einfach.org>
Acked-by: Nick Kossifidis <mickflemm@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Currently, the padding position is based on
ieee80211_get_hdrlen_from_skb(). This is not correct since the HW does
padding on RX (and expect the same padding to be present on TX) at the
following position :
- management : 24 + 6 if 4-addr format
- control : 24 + 6 if 4-addr format
- data : 24 + 6 if 4-addr format + 2 if QoS
- invalid : 24 + 6 if 4-addr format
whereas ieee80211_get_hdrlen_from_skb() is :
- management : 24
- control : 16 except for ACK/CTS where it is 10
- data : 24 + 6 if 4-addr format + 2 if QoS + 2 if QoS & order
- invalid : 24
So, correct frames are not affected : management frames do not use
4-addr format, control frames have no body and invalid frames are ...
not valid by definition. However, in order to use monitor interface for
debugging purpose, one must be able to send/receive any frames, be it
correct or not. Such frames are affected by incorrect padding.
Moreover, since padding is added on TX, we need to remove it before
calling ieee80211_tx_status. This affect TX packets received by monitor
interfaces.
It has been tested between an ath5k based card (AR5212) and an ar9170usb
based card (netgear WNDA3100) using a frame generator and a monitor
interface for each card.
v2: Added ath5k_add_padding / ath5k_remove_padding
Signed-off-by: Benoit Papillault <benoit.papillault@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
we read the IQ correction values (i_cal and q_cal) for G mode from a wrong
location (the same shifts as for A mode is applied which is incorrect). use
correct locations, matching the docs and HAL sources.
also we should write IQ correction only when we have that information in the
EEPROM, starting from version 4. also write it in the same way as we do in the
periodic recalibration (enable last), just to be sure.
Signed-off-by: Bruno Randolf <br1@einfach.org>
Acked-by: Nick Kossifidis <mickflemm@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
I/Q calibration was completely broken, resulting in a high number of CRC errors
on received packets. before i could see around 10% to 20% CRC errors, with this
patch they are between 0% and 3%.
1.) the removal of the mask in commit "ath5k: Fix I/Q calibration
(f1cf2dbd0f)" resulted in no mask beeing used
when writing the I/Q values into the register. additional errors in the
calculation of the values (see 2.) resulted too high numbers, exceeding the
masks, so wrong values like 0xfffffffe were written. to be safe we should
always use the bitmask when writing parts of a register.
2.) using a (s32) cast for q_coff is a wrong conversion to signed, since we
convert to a signed value later by substracting 128. this resulted in too low
numbers for Q many times, which were limited to -16 by the boundary check later
on.
3.) checked everything against the HAL sources and took over comments and minor
optimizations from there.
4.) we can't use ENABLE_BITS when we want to write a number (the number can
contain zeros). also always write the correction values first and set ENABLE
bit last, like the HAL does.
Signed-off-by: Bruno Randolf <br1@einfach.org>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Acked-by: Nick Kossifidis <mickflemm@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
to reset the TSF, AR5K_BEACON_RESET_TSF has to be 1, not 0. also we have a
function for that so use it.
Signed-off-by: Bruno Randolf <br1@einfach.org>
Acked-by: Nick Kossifidis <mickflemm@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
when using a fixed antenna we should use the antenna number in all tx
descriptors, otherwise the hardware will sometimes send the frame out on the
other antenna. it seems like the hardware does not always respect the default
antenna and diversity settings (esp. AR5K_STA_ID1_DEFAULT_ANTENNA).
also i would like to note that antenna diversity does not always work correctly
on 5414 (at least) when only one antenna is connected: for example all frames
might be received on antenna A but still the HW tries to send on antenna B some
times, causing packet loss.
this is both verified with the antenna statistics output of the previous patch
and a spectrum analyzer.
Signed-off-by: Bruno Randolf <br1@einfach.org>
Acked-by: Nick Kossifidis <mickflemm@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
The AR_IMR_S2 register sometimes cannot be read correctly. Instead of a
valid value, 0xdeadbeef is returned. The driver has been observed
writing that value back to AR_IMR_S2 after changing a few bits.
Cache the register value in ah->imrs2_reg and always write chached value
to the register.
Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
ath5k_hw_register_timeout() was duplicated between phy.c and reset.c.
Since it is too big and too much used to be an inline function, move it
away from the ath5k.h header into reset.c. Remove _ATH5K_RESET and
_ATH5K_PHY defines.
Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Adjust formatting of the affected lines to satisfy checkpatch.pl.
Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Remove all unnecessary function declarations from ath5k.h. Comment out
unused functions. Remove ath5k_hw_get_tsf32(), which is too trivial to
be commented out. Make functions static if suggested by sparse. Make
ath5k_pm_ops static.
Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Rename for_each_bit to for_each_set_bit in the kernel source tree. To
permit for_each_clear_bit(), should that ever be added.
The patch includes a macro to map the old for_each_bit() onto the new
for_each_set_bit(). This is a (very) temporary thing to ease the migration.
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: add temporary for_each_bit()]
Suggested-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Suggested-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Cc: Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Handling HT configuration changes involved setting the channel
with the new HT parameters and then issuing a rate_update()
notification to the driver.
This behavior changed after the off-channel changes. Now, the channel
is not updated with the new HT params in enable_ht() - instead, it
is now done when the scan work terminates. This results in the driver
depending on stale information, defaulting to non-HT mode always.
Fix this by passing the new channel type to the driver.
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sujith <Sujith.Manoharan@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
This converts ar9170 to load firmware asynchronously
out of ->probe() and only register with mac80211 when
all firmware has been loaded successfully. If, on the
other hand, any firmware fails to load, it will now
unbind from the device.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
While ath9k does not support RIFS yet, the ability to receive RIFS
frames is currently enabled for most chipsets in the initvals.
This is causing baseband related issues on AR9160 and AR9130 based
chipsets, which can lock up under certain conditions.
This patch fixes these issues by overriding the initvals, effectively
disabling RIFS for all affected chipsets.
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Acked-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
This converts ath9k to use the new station
add/remove callbacks instead of using the
old sta_notify callback.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
This converts ar9170 to use the new station
add/remove callbacks instead of using the
old sta_notify callback.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
In AP mode, ath_beacon_config_ap only restarts the timer if a TSF
restart is requested. Apparently this was added, because this function
unconditionally sets the flag for TSF reset.
The problem with this is, that ath9k_hw_reset() clobbers the timer
registers (specified in the initvals), thus effectively disabling the
SWBA interrupt whenever a card reset without TSF reset is issued
(happens in a few places in the code).
This patch fixes ath_beacon_config_ap to only issue the TSF reset flag
when necessary, but reinitialize the timer unconditionally. Tests show,
that this is enough to keep the SWBA interrupt going after a call to
ath_reset()
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
When selecting the tx fallback rate, rc.c used a separate variable
'nrix' for storing the next rate index, however it did not use that as
reference for further rate index lowering. Because of that, it ended up
reusing the same rate for multiple multi-rate retry stages, thus
decreasing delivery probability under changing link conditions.
This patch removes the separate (unnecessary) variable and fixes
fallback the way it was intended to work.
This should result in increased throughput and better link stability.
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Instead of hardcoding the lowest rate for Beacon frames, use the rate
index specified in the mac80211 TX info in AP mode.
Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Adding support for setting the coverage class in some cases broke
association and data transfer, as it overwrote the initial ACK timeout
value from the initvals with a smaller value.
I don't know why the new value works in 5 GHz (matches the initval
there), but not in 2.4 GHz (initvals use 64us here), so until the
problem is fully understood, the value should be increased again.
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
The hardware needs to know what type of frames are being
sent in order to fill in various fields, for example the
timestamp in probe responses (before this patch, it was
always 0). Set it correctly when initializing the TX
descriptor.
Signed-off-by: Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Currently, PAE frames are not assigned proper sequence numbers.
Since sending PAE frames as part of aggregates breaks
crupto with several APs, they are sent as normal MPDUs.
Fix the seqeuence number issue by updating the frame with the
internal sequence number.
Tested-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: Sujith <Sujith.Manoharan@atheros.com>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
In particular, several occurances of funny versions of 'success',
'unknown', 'therefore', 'acknowledge', 'argument', 'achieve', 'address',
'beginning', 'desirable', 'separate' and 'necessary' are fixed.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Mack <daniel@caiaq.de>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
This patch fixes a WARN_ON which is triggered
by Poland's country code.
ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x8268
ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a country code
ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x37
ath: Country alpha2 being used: PL
ath: Regpair used: 0x37
-----------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: at drivers/net/wireless/ath/regd.c:155 ath_regd_init+0x30b
Pid: 12661, comm: firmware/carl91 2.6.33-rc5-wl #18
Call Trace:
[<>] ? warn_slowpath_common+0x76/0x8c
[<>] ? ar9170_reg_notifier+0x0/0x2d [carl9170usb]
[<>] ? ath_regd_init+0x30b/0x377 [ath]
[<>] ? ar9170_register+0x3b3/0x3ca [carl9170usb]
[...]
---[ end trace ]---
Note: Poland is just an example. But it is very likely
that more country codes are affected.
Cc: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
