wl1271: Update TX packet life time handling with higher resolution time
This patch uses a higher precision timer to synchronize with the firmware
clock. Improved precision is needed as on some platforms a jiffy may be up to
tens of milliseconds, and the required precision is closer to TU's.
Signed-off-by: Juuso Oikarinen <juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com>
Reviewed-by: Teemu Paasikivi <ext-teemu.3.paasikivi@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271.h b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271.h
index 457ce72..41de47c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271.h
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@
u32 tx_packets_count;
/* Time-offset between host and chipset clocks */
- int time_offset;
+ s64 time_offset;
/* Session counter for the chipset */
int session_counter;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c
index 9f74168..4c4d22a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c
@@ -374,6 +374,7 @@
static void wl1271_fw_status(struct wl1271 *wl,
struct wl1271_fw_status *status)
{
+ struct timespec ts;
u32 total = 0;
int i;
@@ -402,8 +403,9 @@
ieee80211_queue_work(wl->hw, &wl->tx_work);
/* update the host-chipset time offset */
- wl->time_offset = jiffies_to_usecs(jiffies) -
- le32_to_cpu(status->fw_localtime);
+ getnstimeofday(&ts);
+ wl->time_offset = (timespec_to_ns(&ts) >> 10) -
+ (s64)le32_to_cpu(status->fw_localtime);
}
#define WL1271_IRQ_MAX_LOOPS 10
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_tx.c
index 7926471..a32d301 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_tx.c
@@ -86,8 +86,10 @@
static int wl1271_tx_fill_hdr(struct wl1271 *wl, struct sk_buff *skb,
u32 extra, struct ieee80211_tx_info *control)
{
+ struct timespec ts;
struct wl1271_tx_hw_descr *desc;
int pad, ac;
+ s64 hosttime;
u16 tx_attr;
desc = (struct wl1271_tx_hw_descr *) skb->data;
@@ -101,8 +103,9 @@
}
/* configure packet life time */
- desc->start_time = cpu_to_le32(jiffies_to_usecs(jiffies) -
- wl->time_offset);
+ getnstimeofday(&ts);
+ hosttime = (timespec_to_ns(&ts) >> 10);
+ desc->start_time = cpu_to_le32(hosttime - wl->time_offset);
desc->life_time = cpu_to_le16(TX_HW_MGMT_PKT_LIFETIME_TU);
/* configure the tx attributes */