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ath5k: fix setup for CAB queue
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The beacon sent gating doesn't seem to work with any combination
of flags.  Thus, buffered frames tend to stay buffered forever,
using up tx descriptors.

Instead, use the DBA gating and hold transmission of the buffered
frames until 80% of the beacon interval has elapsed using the ready
time.  This fixes the following error in AP mode:

   ath5k phy0: no further txbuf available, dropping packet

Add a comment to acknowledge that this isn't the best solution.

Signed-off-by: Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com>
Acked-by: Nick Kossifidis <mickflemm@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Bob Copeland authored and John W. Linville committed Jan 22, 2010
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/ath5k.h
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Expand Up @@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ struct ath5k_txq_info {
u32 tqi_cbr_period; /* Constant bit rate period */
u32 tqi_cbr_overflow_limit;
u32 tqi_burst_time;
u32 tqi_ready_time; /* Not used */
u32 tqi_ready_time; /* Time queue waits after an event */
};

/*
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22 changes: 19 additions & 3 deletions drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
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Expand Up @@ -1516,7 +1516,8 @@ ath5k_beaconq_config(struct ath5k_softc *sc)

ret = ath5k_hw_get_tx_queueprops(ah, sc->bhalq, &qi);
if (ret)
return ret;
goto err;

if (sc->opmode == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP ||
sc->opmode == NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT) {
/*
Expand All @@ -1543,10 +1544,25 @@ ath5k_beaconq_config(struct ath5k_softc *sc)
if (ret) {
ATH5K_ERR(sc, "%s: unable to update parameters for beacon "
"hardware queue!\n", __func__);
return ret;
goto err;
}
ret = ath5k_hw_reset_tx_queue(ah, sc->bhalq); /* push to h/w */
if (ret)
goto err;

return ath5k_hw_reset_tx_queue(ah, sc->bhalq); /* push to h/w */;
/* reconfigure cabq with ready time to 80% of beacon_interval */
ret = ath5k_hw_get_tx_queueprops(ah, AR5K_TX_QUEUE_ID_CAB, &qi);
if (ret)
goto err;

qi.tqi_ready_time = (sc->bintval * 80) / 100;
ret = ath5k_hw_set_tx_queueprops(ah, AR5K_TX_QUEUE_ID_CAB, &qi);
if (ret)
goto err;

ret = ath5k_hw_reset_tx_queue(ah, AR5K_TX_QUEUE_ID_CAB);
err:
return ret;
}

static void
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5 changes: 3 additions & 2 deletions drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/qcu.c
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Expand Up @@ -408,12 +408,13 @@ int ath5k_hw_reset_tx_queue(struct ath5k_hw *ah, unsigned int queue)
break;

case AR5K_TX_QUEUE_CAB:
/* XXX: use BCN_SENT_GT, if we can figure out how */
AR5K_REG_ENABLE_BITS(ah, AR5K_QUEUE_MISC(queue),
AR5K_QCU_MISC_FRSHED_BCN_SENT_GT |
AR5K_QCU_MISC_FRSHED_DBA_GT |
AR5K_QCU_MISC_CBREXP_DIS |
AR5K_QCU_MISC_CBREXP_BCN_DIS);

ath5k_hw_reg_write(ah, ((AR5K_TUNE_BEACON_INTERVAL -
ath5k_hw_reg_write(ah, ((tq->tqi_ready_time -
(AR5K_TUNE_SW_BEACON_RESP -
AR5K_TUNE_DMA_BEACON_RESP) -
AR5K_TUNE_ADDITIONAL_SWBA_BACKOFF) * 1024) |
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