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authorAbhijeet Kolekar <abhijeet.kolekar@intel.com>2010-04-29 02:47:04 +0400
committerReinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com>2010-05-11 02:08:56 +0400
commita29576a7844326c5223f4d4adbfd3f4d64173d4c (patch)
tree1eb446aaef827e5f64c01dd4154b3648a963ea09 /drivers/net/wireless
parentdd7a2509b3a79b290730a9c6a784bf03fedabb9a (diff)
downloadlinux-a29576a7844326c5223f4d4adbfd3f4d64173d4c.tar.xz
iwl3945: add plcp error checking
Add plcp error checking for 3945. After threshold of plcp is reached , it resets the radio Signed-off-by: Abhijeet Kolekar <abhijeet.kolekar@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-3945.c67
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.h2
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-rx.c3
3 files changed, 69 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-3945.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-3945.c
index a4d842a05836..05d808b28777 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-3945.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-3945.c
@@ -390,6 +390,67 @@ static void iwl3945_accumulative_statistics(struct iwl_priv *priv,
}
#endif
+/**
+ * iwl3945_good_plcp_health - checks for plcp error.
+ *
+ * When the plcp error is exceeding the thresholds, reset the radio
+ * to improve the throughput.
+ */
+static bool iwl3945_good_plcp_health(struct iwl_priv *priv,
+ struct iwl_rx_packet *pkt)
+{
+ bool rc = true;
+ struct iwl3945_notif_statistics current_stat;
+ int combined_plcp_delta;
+ unsigned int plcp_msec;
+ unsigned long plcp_received_jiffies;
+
+ memcpy(&current_stat, pkt->u.raw, sizeof(struct
+ iwl3945_notif_statistics));
+ /*
+ * check for plcp_err and trigger radio reset if it exceeds
+ * the plcp error threshold plcp_delta.
+ */
+ plcp_received_jiffies = jiffies;
+ plcp_msec = jiffies_to_msecs((long) plcp_received_jiffies -
+ (long) priv->plcp_jiffies);
+ priv->plcp_jiffies = plcp_received_jiffies;
+ /*
+ * check to make sure plcp_msec is not 0 to prevent division
+ * by zero.
+ */
+ if (plcp_msec) {
+ combined_plcp_delta =
+ (le32_to_cpu(current_stat.rx.ofdm.plcp_err) -
+ le32_to_cpu(priv->_3945.statistics.rx.ofdm.plcp_err));
+
+ if ((combined_plcp_delta > 0) &&
+ ((combined_plcp_delta * 100) / plcp_msec) >
+ priv->cfg->plcp_delta_threshold) {
+ /*
+ * if plcp_err exceed the threshold, the following
+ * data is printed in csv format:
+ * Text: plcp_err exceeded %d,
+ * Received ofdm.plcp_err,
+ * Current ofdm.plcp_err,
+ * combined_plcp_delta,
+ * plcp_msec
+ */
+ IWL_DEBUG_RADIO(priv, "plcp_err exceeded %u, "
+ "%u, %d, %u mSecs\n",
+ priv->cfg->plcp_delta_threshold,
+ le32_to_cpu(current_stat.rx.ofdm.plcp_err),
+ combined_plcp_delta, plcp_msec);
+ /*
+ * Reset the RF radio due to the high plcp
+ * error rate
+ */
+ rc = false;
+ }
+ }
+ return rc;
+}
+
void iwl3945_hw_rx_statistics(struct iwl_priv *priv,
struct iwl_rx_mem_buffer *rxb)
{
@@ -401,6 +462,7 @@ void iwl3945_hw_rx_statistics(struct iwl_priv *priv,
#ifdef CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG
iwl3945_accumulative_statistics(priv, (__le32 *)&pkt->u.raw);
#endif
+ iwl_recover_from_statistics(priv, pkt);
memcpy(&priv->_3945.statistics, pkt->u.raw, sizeof(priv->_3945.statistics));
}
@@ -2792,6 +2854,7 @@ static struct iwl_lib_ops iwl3945_lib = {
.config_ap = iwl3945_config_ap,
.manage_ibss_station = iwl3945_manage_ibss_station,
.add_bcast_station = iwl3945_add_bcast_station,
+ .check_plcp_health = iwl3945_good_plcp_health,
.debugfs_ops = {
.rx_stats_read = iwl3945_ucode_rx_stats_read,
@@ -2832,7 +2895,7 @@ static struct iwl_cfg iwl3945_bg_cfg = {
.ht_greenfield_support = false,
.led_compensation = 64,
.broken_powersave = true,
- .plcp_delta_threshold = IWL_MAX_PLCP_ERR_THRESHOLD_DEF,
+ .plcp_delta_threshold = IWL_MAX_PLCP_ERR_LONG_THRESHOLD_DEF,
.monitor_recover_period = IWL_MONITORING_PERIOD,
.max_event_log_size = 512,
.tx_power_by_driver = true,
@@ -2853,7 +2916,7 @@ static struct iwl_cfg iwl3945_abg_cfg = {
.ht_greenfield_support = false,
.led_compensation = 64,
.broken_powersave = true,
- .plcp_delta_threshold = IWL_MAX_PLCP_ERR_THRESHOLD_DEF,
+ .plcp_delta_threshold = IWL_MAX_PLCP_ERR_LONG_THRESHOLD_DEF,
.monitor_recover_period = IWL_MONITORING_PERIOD,
.max_event_log_size = 512,
.tx_power_by_driver = true,
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.h b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.h
index 2f664a3f0484..7a3f94926c25 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.h
@@ -441,6 +441,8 @@ bool iwl_good_plcp_health(struct iwl_priv *priv,
struct iwl_rx_packet *pkt);
bool iwl_good_ack_health(struct iwl_priv *priv,
struct iwl_rx_packet *pkt);
+void iwl_recover_from_statistics(struct iwl_priv *priv,
+ struct iwl_rx_packet *pkt);
void iwl_rx_statistics(struct iwl_priv *priv,
struct iwl_rx_mem_buffer *rxb);
void iwl_reply_statistics(struct iwl_priv *priv,
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-rx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-rx.c
index d661fce000c2..c7c8d8a43eb3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-rx.c
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ bool iwl_good_plcp_health(struct iwl_priv *priv,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(iwl_good_plcp_health);
-static void iwl_recover_from_statistics(struct iwl_priv *priv,
+void iwl_recover_from_statistics(struct iwl_priv *priv,
struct iwl_rx_packet *pkt)
{
if (test_bit(STATUS_EXIT_PENDING, &priv->status))
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ static void iwl_recover_from_statistics(struct iwl_priv *priv,
}
}
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(iwl_recover_from_statistics);
void iwl_rx_statistics(struct iwl_priv *priv,
struct iwl_rx_mem_buffer *rxb)