To: Rajkumar Manoharan <Rajkumar.Manoharan@Atheros.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath9k_htc: Enable fastcc for HTC devices.
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From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@adurom.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:48:35 +0300
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Rajkumar Manoharan <Rajkumar.Manoharan@Atheros.com> writes:

>>For example, I have no idea what fastcc means. Fast C Compiler? ;)
>
> On every channel set, the full hw reset happens which issue mutiple
> register writes. For HTC devices, the host issue wmi commands. These
> register ops are time consumable one. Instead of full hw reset,
> ath9k is doing partial reset which is fast channel change (fastcc).
> By doing fast channel change, the scan period is considerably
> reduced.

Now this is a good commit message. I can understand what the change is
actually about without browsing through ath9k source. Of course it
takes few minutes to write this but on the other hand you save a lot
of time from others. And possibly avoid answering to stupid questions
like the one I had :)

Thanks.

-- 
Kalle Valo