ath9k: reduce baseband hang detection false positive rate

Check if the baseband state remains stable, and add a small delay
between register reads.

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c

@@ -1534,17 +1534,21 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ath9k_hw_check_nav);
 bool ath9k_hw_check_alive(struct ath_hw *ah)
 {
 	int count = 50;
-	u32 reg;
+	u32 reg, last_val;
 
 	if (AR_SREV_9300(ah))
 		return !ath9k_hw_detect_mac_hang(ah);
 
 	if (AR_SREV_9285_12_OR_LATER(ah))
 		return true;
 
+	last_val = REG_READ(ah, AR_OBS_BUS_1);
 	do {
 		reg = REG_READ(ah, AR_OBS_BUS_1);
+		if (reg != last_val)
+			return true;
 
+		last_val = reg;
 		if ((reg & 0x7E7FFFEF) == 0x00702400)
 			continue;
 
@@ -1556,6 +1560,8 @@ bool ath9k_hw_check_alive(struct ath_hw *ah)
 		default:
 			return true;
 		}
+
+		udelay(1);
 	} while (count-- > 0);
 
 	return false;