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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c | 21 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c index 0d5de2574dd1..373dcfec689c 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ #include <linux/netdevice.h> #include <linux/cache.h> #include <linux/pci.h> +#include <linux/pci-aspm.h> #include <linux/ethtool.h> #include <linux/uaccess.h> #include <linux/slab.h> @@ -476,6 +477,26 @@ ath5k_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, int ret; u8 csz; + /* + * L0s needs to be disabled on all ath5k cards. + * + * For distributions shipping with CONFIG_PCIEASPM (this will be enabled + * by default in the future in 2.6.36) this will also mean both L1 and + * L0s will be disabled when a pre 1.1 PCIe device is detected. We do + * know L1 works correctly even for all ath5k pre 1.1 PCIe devices + * though but cannot currently undue the effect of a blacklist, for + * details you can read pcie_aspm_sanity_check() and see how it adjusts + * the device link capability. + * + * It may be possible in the future to implement some PCI API to allow + * drivers to override blacklists for pre 1.1 PCIe but for now it is + * best to accept that both L0s and L1 will be disabled completely for + * distributions shipping with CONFIG_PCIEASPM rather than having this + * issue present. Motivation for adding this new API will be to help + * with power consumption for some of these devices. + */ + pci_disable_link_state(pdev, PCIE_LINK_STATE_L0S); + ret = pci_enable_device(pdev); if (ret) { dev_err(&pdev->dev, "can't enable device\n"); |