iwl3945: workaround for firmware frame tx rejection
Firmware can reject to transmit frame on passive channel, when it
did not yet received any frame with valid CRC on that channel.
Workaround this problem in the driver.
Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/3945.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/3945.c
index dc1e6da..c092033 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/3945.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/3945.c
@@ -331,6 +331,19 @@
return;
}
+ /*
+ * Firmware will not transmit frame on passive channel, if it not yet
+ * received some valid frame on that channel. When this error happen
+ * we have to wait until firmware will unblock itself i.e. when we
+ * note received beacon or other frame. We unblock queues in
+ * il3945_pass_packet_to_mac80211 or in il_mac_bss_info_changed.
+ */
+ if (unlikely((status & TX_STATUS_MSK) == TX_STATUS_FAIL_PASSIVE_NO_RX) &&
+ il->iw_mode == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION) {
+ il_stop_queues_by_reason(il, IL_STOP_REASON_PASSIVE);
+ D_INFO("Stopped queues - RX waiting on passive channel\n");
+ }
+
txq->time_stamp = jiffies;
info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(txq->skbs[txq->q.read_ptr]);
ieee80211_tx_info_clear_status(info);
@@ -488,6 +501,11 @@
return;
}
+ if (unlikely(test_bit(IL_STOP_REASON_PASSIVE, &il->stop_reason))) {
+ il_wake_queues_by_reason(il, IL_STOP_REASON_PASSIVE);
+ D_INFO("Woke queues - frame received on passive channel\n");
+ }
+
skb = dev_alloc_skb(128);
if (!skb) {
IL_ERR("dev_alloc_skb failed\n");