2009-07-16 18:32:20

by Marek Vasut

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Subject: [PATCH] handle broken V4 fw region code shift

Dne Čt 16. července 2009 20:21:30 Dan Williams napsal(a):
> On Thu, 2009-07-16 at 19:40 +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > please consider applying/commenting on the following trivial fix. The
> > description is in the patch. Thanks.
>
> Please CC to [email protected] and I'll ack there so Linville
> will pick it up. Any patch that you consider appropriate for actual
> inclusion at the time you send it is better on linux-wireless.
> libertas-dev should really be only for hardware/firmware discussions and
> not-yet-ready patches.
>
> Thanks!
> Dan

Done, thanks! :-)
(sorry for sending it twice, I missed the address was incomplete in your mail)


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2009-07-16 20:11:47

by Luis R. Rodriguez

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] handle broken V4 fw region code shift

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Marek Vasut<[email protected]> wrote:
> Dne Čt 16. července 2009 20:21:30 Dan Williams napsal(a):
>> On Thu, 2009-07-16 at 19:40 +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > please consider applying/commenting on the following trivial fix. The
>> > description is in the patch. Thanks.
>>
>> Please CC to [email protected] and I'll ack there so Linville
>> will pick it up.  Any patch that you consider appropriate for actual
>> inclusion at the time you send it is better on linux-wireless.
>> libertas-dev should really be only for hardware/firmware discussions and
>> not-yet-ready patches.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Dan
>
> Done, thanks! :-)
> (sorry for sending it twice, I missed the address was incomplete in your mail)
>

Please resend inline

Luis

2009-07-21 13:32:11

by Dan Williams

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] handle broken V4 fw region code shift

On Thu, 2009-07-16 at 22:29 +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
> Dne Čt 16. července 2009 22:11:26 Luis R. Rodriguez napsal(a):
> > On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Marek Vasut<[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Dne Čt 16. července 2009 20:21:30 Dan Williams napsal(a):
> > >> On Thu, 2009-07-16 at 19:40 +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > >> > Hi,
> > >> >
> > >> > please consider applying/commenting on the following trivial fix. The
> > >> > description is in the patch. Thanks.
> > >>
> > >> Please CC to [email protected] and I'll ack there so Linville
> > >> will pick it up. Any patch that you consider appropriate for actual
> > >> inclusion at the time you send it is better on linux-wireless.
> > >> libertas-dev should really be only for hardware/firmware discussions and
> > >> not-yet-ready patches.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks!
> > >> Dan
> > >
> > > Done, thanks! :-)
> > > (sorry for sending it twice, I missed the address was incomplete in your
> > > mail)
> >
> > Please resend inline
> >
> > Luis
>
> Here you go
>
> From d69e6db9d424e40dade6bbf107dbab2ff4d692d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Marek Vasut <[email protected]>
> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:19:53 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] Fix problem with broken V4 firmware on CF8381
>
> Firmware V4 on CF8381 reports region code shifted by 1 byte to left.
> The following patch checks for this and handles it properly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <[email protected]>

Acked-by: Dan Williams <[email protected]>

> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.c | 8 +++++++-
> drivers/net/wireless/libertas/defs.h | 2 ++
> 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.c
> b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.c
> index 01db705..445288d 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.c
> @@ -135,8 +135,14 @@ int lbs_update_hw_spec(struct lbs_private *priv)
> /* Clamp region code to 8-bit since FW spec indicates that it should
> * only ever be 8-bit, even though the field size is 16-bit. Some
> firmware
> * returns non-zero high 8 bits here.
> + *
> + * Firmware version 4.0.102 used in CF8381 has region code shifted. We
> + * need to check for this problem and handle it properly.
> */
> - priv->regioncode = le16_to_cpu(cmd.regioncode) & 0xFF;
> + if (MRVL_FW_MAJOR_REV(priv->fwrelease) == MRVL_FW_V4)
> + priv->regioncode = (le16_to_cpu(cmd.regioncode) >> 8) & 0xFF;
> + else
> + priv->regioncode = le16_to_cpu(cmd.regioncode) & 0xFF;
>
> for (i = 0; i < MRVDRV_MAX_REGION_CODE; i++) {
> /* use the region code to search for the index */
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/defs.h
> b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/defs.h
> index 48da157..72f3479 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/defs.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/defs.h
> @@ -234,6 +234,8 @@ static inline void lbs_deb_hex(unsigned int grp, const
> char *prompt, u8 *buf, in
> /** Mesh enable bit in FW capability */
> #define MESH_CAPINFO_ENABLE_MASK (1<<16)
>
> +/** FW definition from Marvell v4 */
> +#define MRVL_FW_V4 (0x04)
> /** FW definition from Marvell v5 */
> #define MRVL_FW_V5 (0x05)
> /** FW definition from Marvell v10 */
> --
> 1.6.3.3


2009-07-16 20:30:04

by Marek Vasut

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] handle broken V4 fw region code shift

Dne Čt 16. července 2009 22:11:26 Luis R. Rodriguez napsal(a):
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Marek Vasut<[email protected]> wrote:
> > Dne Čt 16. července 2009 20:21:30 Dan Williams napsal(a):
> >> On Thu, 2009-07-16 at 19:40 +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > please consider applying/commenting on the following trivial fix. The
> >> > description is in the patch. Thanks.
> >>
> >> Please CC to [email protected] and I'll ack there so Linville
> >> will pick it up. Any patch that you consider appropriate for actual
> >> inclusion at the time you send it is better on linux-wireless.
> >> libertas-dev should really be only for hardware/firmware discussions and
> >> not-yet-ready patches.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >> Dan
> >
> > Done, thanks! :-)
> > (sorry for sending it twice, I missed the address was incomplete in your
> > mail)
>
> Please resend inline
>
> Luis

Here you go

>From d69e6db9d424e40dade6bbf107dbab2ff4d692d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marek Vasut <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:19:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix problem with broken V4 firmware on CF8381

Firmware V4 on CF8381 reports region code shifted by 1 byte to left.
The following patch checks for this and handles it properly.

Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <[email protected]>
---
drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.c | 8 +++++++-
drivers/net/wireless/libertas/defs.h | 2 ++
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.c
b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.c
index 01db705..445288d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.c
@@ -135,8 +135,14 @@ int lbs_update_hw_spec(struct lbs_private *priv)
/* Clamp region code to 8-bit since FW spec indicates that it should
* only ever be 8-bit, even though the field size is 16-bit. Some
firmware
* returns non-zero high 8 bits here.
+ *
+ * Firmware version 4.0.102 used in CF8381 has region code shifted. We
+ * need to check for this problem and handle it properly.
*/
- priv->regioncode = le16_to_cpu(cmd.regioncode) & 0xFF;
+ if (MRVL_FW_MAJOR_REV(priv->fwrelease) == MRVL_FW_V4)
+ priv->regioncode = (le16_to_cpu(cmd.regioncode) >> 8) & 0xFF;
+ else
+ priv->regioncode = le16_to_cpu(cmd.regioncode) & 0xFF;

for (i = 0; i < MRVDRV_MAX_REGION_CODE; i++) {
/* use the region code to search for the index */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/defs.h
b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/defs.h
index 48da157..72f3479 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/defs.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/defs.h
@@ -234,6 +234,8 @@ static inline void lbs_deb_hex(unsigned int grp, const
char *prompt, u8 *buf, in
/** Mesh enable bit in FW capability */
#define MESH_CAPINFO_ENABLE_MASK (1<<16)

+/** FW definition from Marvell v4 */
+#define MRVL_FW_V4 (0x04)
/** FW definition from Marvell v5 */
#define MRVL_FW_V5 (0x05)
/** FW definition from Marvell v10 */
--
1.6.3.3

2009-07-19 17:20:12

by Marek Vasut

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] handle broken V4 fw region code shift

Dne Čt 16. července 2009 22:29:41 Marek Vasut napsal(a):
> Dne Čt 16. července 2009 22:11:26 Luis R. Rodriguez napsal(a):
> > On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Marek Vasut<[email protected]>
wrote:
> > > Dne Čt 16. července 2009 20:21:30 Dan Williams napsal(a):
> > >> On Thu, 2009-07-16 at 19:40 +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > >> > Hi,
> > >> >
> > >> > please consider applying/commenting on the following trivial fix.
> > >> > The description is in the patch. Thanks.
> > >>
> > >> Please CC to [email protected] and I'll ack there so Linville
> > >> will pick it up. Any patch that you consider appropriate for actual
> > >> inclusion at the time you send it is better on linux-wireless.
> > >> libertas-dev should really be only for hardware/firmware discussions
> > >> and not-yet-ready patches.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks!
> > >> Dan
> > >
> > > Done, thanks! :-)
> > > (sorry for sending it twice, I missed the address was incomplete in
> > > your mail)
> >
> > Please resend inline
> >
> > Luis
>
> Here you go

Any update ?
>
> From d69e6db9d424e40dade6bbf107dbab2ff4d692d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Marek Vasut <[email protected]>
> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:19:53 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] Fix problem with broken V4 firmware on CF8381
>
> Firmware V4 on CF8381 reports region code shifted by 1 byte to left.
> The following patch checks for this and handles it properly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <[email protected]>
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.c | 8 +++++++-
> drivers/net/wireless/libertas/defs.h | 2 ++
> 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.c
> b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.c
> index 01db705..445288d 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.c
> @@ -135,8 +135,14 @@ int lbs_update_hw_spec(struct lbs_private *priv)
> /* Clamp region code to 8-bit since FW spec indicates that it
> should * only ever be 8-bit, even though the field size is 16-bit. Some
> firmware
> * returns non-zero high 8 bits here.
> + *
> + * Firmware version 4.0.102 used in CF8381 has region code shifted.
> We + * need to check for this problem and handle it properly.
> */
> - priv->regioncode = le16_to_cpu(cmd.regioncode) & 0xFF;
> + if (MRVL_FW_MAJOR_REV(priv->fwrelease) == MRVL_FW_V4)
> + priv->regioncode = (le16_to_cpu(cmd.regioncode) >> 8) &
> 0xFF; + else
> + priv->regioncode = le16_to_cpu(cmd.regioncode) & 0xFF;
>
> for (i = 0; i < MRVDRV_MAX_REGION_CODE; i++) {
> /* use the region code to search for the index */
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/defs.h
> b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/defs.h
> index 48da157..72f3479 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/defs.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/defs.h
> @@ -234,6 +234,8 @@ static inline void lbs_deb_hex(unsigned int grp, const
> char *prompt, u8 *buf, in
> /** Mesh enable bit in FW capability */
> #define MESH_CAPINFO_ENABLE_MASK (1<<16)
>
> +/** FW definition from Marvell v4 */
> +#define MRVL_FW_V4 (0x04)
> /** FW definition from Marvell v5 */
> #define MRVL_FW_V5 (0x05)
> /** FW definition from Marvell v10 */
> --
> 1.6.3.3