brcm80211: fmac: postpone dongle RF enabling.
authorFranky Lin <frankyl@broadcom.com>
Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:52:47 +0000 (11:52 +0200)
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:32:53 +0000 (14:32 -0400)
BRCMF_C_UP is the command that asks the firmware to enable RF of
dongle. Some firmware initialization steps must be performed during
RF is down. Postpone BRCMF_C_UP firing until brcmf_netdev_open get
called to ensure firmware have enough time to finish
initialization.

Reviewed-by: Pieter-Paul Giesberts <pieterpg@broadcom.com>
Reviewed-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Franky Lin <frankyl@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_common.c
drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c

index 4187435220f34fbbb5b33fb9d266ffaff121c713..236cb9fa460c7fb5d9f2934bf91a91706d7b5362 100644 (file)
@@ -799,7 +799,6 @@ int brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds(struct brcmf_pub *drvr)
 {
        char iovbuf[BRCMF_EVENTING_MASK_LEN + 12];      /*  Room for
                                 "event_msgs" + '\0' + bitvec  */
-       uint up = 0;
        char buf[128], *ptr;
        u32 dongle_align = drvr->bus_if->align;
        u32 glom = 0;
@@ -853,9 +852,6 @@ int brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds(struct brcmf_pub *drvr)
        brcmf_proto_cdc_set_dcmd(drvr, 0, BRCMF_C_SET_VAR, iovbuf,
                                  sizeof(iovbuf));
 
-       /* Force STA UP */
-       brcmf_proto_cdc_set_dcmd(drvr, 0, BRCMF_C_UP, (char *)&up, sizeof(up));
-
        /* Setup event_msgs */
        brcmf_c_mkiovar("event_msgs", drvr->eventmask, BRCMF_EVENTING_MASK_LEN,
                      iovbuf, sizeof(iovbuf));
index 00b62708f22b46711f1d7ddcb25c0e7012d6915c..8933f9b31a9a64a7c2c3f5428aba47a4e85d88d5 100644 (file)
@@ -799,6 +799,7 @@ static int brcmf_netdev_open(struct net_device *ndev)
        struct brcmf_bus *bus_if = drvr->bus_if;
        u32 toe_ol;
        s32 ret = 0;
+       uint up = 0;
 
        brcmf_dbg(TRACE, "ifidx %d\n", ifp->idx);
 
@@ -822,6 +823,10 @@ static int brcmf_netdev_open(struct net_device *ndev)
                        drvr->iflist[ifp->idx]->ndev->features &=
                                ~NETIF_F_IP_CSUM;
        }
+
+       /* make sure RF is ready for work */
+       brcmf_proto_cdc_set_dcmd(drvr, 0, BRCMF_C_UP, (char *)&up, sizeof(up));
+
        /* Allow transmit calls */
        netif_start_queue(ndev);
        drvr->bus_if->drvr_up = true;