[PATCH] libertas: Improvements on automatic tx power control via SIOCSIWTXPOW.

Anna Neal anna at cozybit.com
Thu Sep 11 13:03:05 EDT 2008


On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 8:34 AM, Dan Williams <dcbw at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-09-10 at 16:45 -0700, Anna Neal wrote:
>> Improved the tx power control configuration per Dan Williams suggestions. Added
>> a firmware version check because the current implementation will only work for
>> below version 9.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Anna Neal <anna at cozybit.com>
>
> One more round, sorry! :)
>
> First, until the patch has actually been applied, could you post
> complete diffs?  This is a patch against the previous patch, but it's
> best to keep the whole patch together until it's committed by John to
> the master wireless tree.
>
> Second, since you get to respin the patch anyway for this, the TPC
> Config stuff should be just fine on V9+ firmware, only the
> POWER_ADAPT_CFG command is incompatible on V9+.  I probably wasn't clear
> enough about this yesterday.  Any chance you could move the TPC config
> commands out of the firmware check and just the PACFG ones < V9?
>
> Thanks!
> Dan

No problem, will send a new patch later today.

I just wanted to point out that it seems the original patch was
already committed by John.

Here is the link:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-testing.git;a=commith=cdd799f13e3a2a47b501286551ba9386e8936272

Thanks,
Anna

>
>> ---
>>  drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.c  |    4 +-
>>  drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.h  |    4 +-
>>  drivers/net/wireless/libertas/wext.c |   44 +++++++++++++++++++++------------
>>  3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.c b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.c
>> index 6cc4858..5fef05f 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.c
>> @@ -1983,7 +1983,7 @@ void lbs_ps_confirm_sleep(struct lbs_private *priv)
>>   *
>>   * @return 0 on success
>>   */
>> -int lbs_tpc_cfg(struct lbs_private *priv, int enable, int8_t p0, int8_t p1,
>> +int lbs_set_tpc_cfg(struct lbs_private *priv, int enable, int8_t p0, int8_t p1,
>>               int8_t p2, int usesnr)
>>  {
>>       struct cmd_ds_802_11_tpc_cfg cmd;
>> @@ -2015,7 +2015,7 @@ int lbs_tpc_cfg(struct lbs_private *priv, int enable, int8_t p0, int8_t p1,
>>   * @return 0 on Success
>>   */
>>
>> -int lbs_power_adapt_cfg(struct lbs_private *priv, int enable, int8_t p0,
>> +int lbs_set_power_adapt_cfg(struct lbs_private *priv, int enable, int8_t p0,
>>               int8_t p1, int8_t p2)
>>  {
>>       struct cmd_ds_802_11_pa_cfg cmd;
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.h b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.h
>> index 77bd070..336a181 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.h
>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.h
>> @@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ int __lbs_cmd(struct lbs_private *priv, uint16_t command,
>>             int (*callback)(struct lbs_private *, unsigned long, struct cmd_header *),
>>             unsigned long callback_arg);
>>
>> -int lbs_power_adapt_cfg(struct lbs_private *priv, int enable, int8_t p0,
>> +int lbs_set_power_adapt_cfg(struct lbs_private *priv, int enable, int8_t p0,
>>               int8_t p1, int8_t p2);
>>
>> -int lbs_tpc_cfg(struct lbs_private *priv, int enable, int8_t p0, int8_t p1,
>> +int lbs_set_tpc_cfg(struct lbs_private *priv, int enable, int8_t p0, int8_t p1,
>>               int8_t p2, int usesnr);
>>
>>  int lbs_cmd_copyback(struct lbs_private *priv, unsigned long extra,
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/wext.c b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/wext.c
>> index b08bad8..8a81aca 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/wext.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/wext.c
>> @@ -1823,14 +1823,20 @@ static int lbs_set_txpow(struct net_device *dev, struct iw_request_info *info,
>>               /* User requests automatic tx power control, however there are
>>                * many auto tx settings.  For now use firmware defaults until
>>                * we come up with a good way to expose these to the user. */
>> -             ret = lbs_power_adapt_cfg(priv, 1, POW_ADAPT_DEFAULT_P0,
>> -                             POW_ADAPT_DEFAULT_P1, POW_ADAPT_DEFAULT_P2);
>> -             if (ret)
>> -                     goto out;
>> -             ret = lbs_tpc_cfg(priv, 0, TPC_DEFAULT_P0, TPC_DEFAULT_P1,
>> -                             TPC_DEFAULT_P2, 1);
>> -             if (ret)
>> -                     goto out;
>> +             if (priv->fwrelease < 0x09000000) {
>> +                     ret = lbs_set_power_adapt_cfg(priv, 1,
>> +                                     POW_ADAPT_DEFAULT_P0,
>> +                                     POW_ADAPT_DEFAULT_P1,
>> +                                     POW_ADAPT_DEFAULT_P2);
>> +                     if (ret)
>> +                             goto out;
>> +                     ret = lbs_set_tpc_cfg(priv, 0,
>> +                                     TPC_DEFAULT_P0,
>> +                                     TPC_DEFAULT_P1,
>> +                                     TPC_DEFAULT_P2, 1);
>> +                     if (ret)
>> +                             goto out;
>> +             }
>>               dbm = priv->txpower_max;
>>       } else {
>>               /* Userspace check in iwrange if it should use dBm or mW,
>> @@ -1851,14 +1857,20 @@ static int lbs_set_txpow(struct net_device *dev, struct iw_request_info *info,
>>                       ret = -EINVAL;
>>                       goto out;
>>               }
>> -             ret = lbs_power_adapt_cfg(priv, 0, POW_ADAPT_DEFAULT_P0,
>> -                             POW_ADAPT_DEFAULT_P1, POW_ADAPT_DEFAULT_P2);
>> -             if (ret)
>> -                     goto out;
>> -             ret = lbs_tpc_cfg(priv, 0, TPC_DEFAULT_P0, TPC_DEFAULT_P1,
>> -                             TPC_DEFAULT_P2, 1);
>> -             if (ret)
>> -                     goto out;
>> +             if (priv->fwrelease < 0x09000000) {
>> +                     ret = lbs_set_power_adapt_cfg(priv, 0,
>> +                                     POW_ADAPT_DEFAULT_P0,
>> +                                     POW_ADAPT_DEFAULT_P1,
>> +                                     POW_ADAPT_DEFAULT_P2);
>> +                     if (ret)
>> +                             goto out;
>> +                     ret = lbs_set_tpc_cfg(priv, 0,
>> +                                     TPC_DEFAULT_P0,
>> +                                     TPC_DEFAULT_P1,
>> +                                     TPC_DEFAULT_P2, 1);
>> +                     if (ret)
>> +                             goto out;
>> +             }
>>       }
>>
>>       /* If the radio was off, turn it on */
>
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