iwlwifi: mvm: several fixes in scan
authorAlexander Bondar <alexander.bondar@intel.com>
Sun, 30 Mar 2014 07:47:08 +0000 (10:47 +0300)
committerEmmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Sun, 13 Apr 2014 18:57:47 +0000 (21:57 +0300)
The firmware doesn't handle properly the fragmented scan.
Stop using it.
While at it change max_out_time and suspend_time units from
usec to TUs as expected by firmware API.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Bondar <alexander.bondar@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/fw-api-scan.h
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/scan.c

index 9426905de6b283dc0230cf51d5a694478da7797a..d73a89ecd78aa0963c40a268fc7dd8e3d7fbe29d 100644 (file)
@@ -183,9 +183,9 @@ enum iwl_scan_type {
  *     this number of packets were received (typically 1)
  * @passive2active: is auto switching from passive to active during scan allowed
  * @rxchain_sel_flags: RXON_RX_CHAIN_*
- * @max_out_time: in usecs, max out of serving channel time
+ * @max_out_time: in TUs, max out of serving channel time
  * @suspend_time: how long to pause scan when returning to service channel:
- *     bits 0-19: beacon interal in usecs (suspend before executing)
+ *     bits 0-19: beacon interal in TUs (suspend before executing)
  *     bits 20-23: reserved
  *     bits 24-31: number of beacons (suspend between channels)
  * @rxon_flags: RXON_FLG_*
@@ -383,8 +383,8 @@ enum scan_framework_client {
  * @quiet_plcp_th:     quiet channel num of packets threshold
  * @good_CRC_th:       passive to active promotion threshold
  * @rx_chain:          RXON rx chain.
- * @max_out_time:      max uSec to be out of assoceated channel
- * @suspend_time:      pause scan this long when returning to service channel
+ * @max_out_time:      max TUs to be out of assoceated channel
+ * @suspend_time:      pause scan this TUs when returning to service channel
  * @flags:             RXON flags
  * @filter_flags:      RXONfilter
  * @tx_cmd:            tx command for active scan; for 2GHz and for 5GHz.
index c91dc8498852c46653cc43fddb57c382d3d7f3f0..cba88a379fc8b6111e4edbd516f0080b7c6f0acb 100644 (file)
@@ -277,51 +277,22 @@ static void iwl_mvm_scan_calc_params(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
                                            IEEE80211_IFACE_ITER_NORMAL,
                                            iwl_mvm_scan_condition_iterator,
                                            &global_bound);
-       /*
-        * Under low latency traffic passive scan is fragmented meaning
-        * that dwell on a particular channel will be fragmented. Each fragment
-        * dwell time is 20ms and fragments period is 105ms. Skipping to next
-        * channel will be delayed by the same period - 105ms. So suspend_time
-        * parameter describing both fragments and channels skipping periods is
-        * set to 105ms. This value is chosen so that overall passive scan
-        * duration will not be too long. Max_out_time in this case is set to
-        * 70ms, so for active scanning operating channel will be left for 70ms
-        * while for passive still for 20ms (fragment dwell).
-        */
-       if (global_bound) {
-               if (!iwl_mvm_low_latency(mvm)) {
-                       params->suspend_time = ieee80211_tu_to_usec(100);
-                       params->max_out_time = ieee80211_tu_to_usec(600);
-               } else {
-                       params->suspend_time = ieee80211_tu_to_usec(105);
-                       /* P2P doesn't support fragmented passive scan, so
-                        * configure max_out_time to be at least longest dwell
-                        * time for passive scan.
-                        */
-                       if (vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION && !vif->p2p) {
-                               params->max_out_time = ieee80211_tu_to_usec(70);
-                               params->passive_fragmented = true;
-                       } else {
-                               u32 passive_dwell;
 
-                               /*
-                                * Use band G so that passive channel dwell time
-                                * will be assigned with maximum value.
-                                */
-                               band = IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ;
-                               passive_dwell = iwl_mvm_get_passive_dwell(band);
-                               params->max_out_time =
-                                       ieee80211_tu_to_usec(passive_dwell);
-                       }
-               }
+       if (!global_bound)
+               goto not_bound;
+
+       params->suspend_time = 100;
+       params->max_out_time = 600;
+
+       if (iwl_mvm_low_latency(mvm)) {
+               params->suspend_time = 250;
+               params->max_out_time = 250;
        }
 
+not_bound:
+
        for (band = IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ; band < IEEE80211_NUM_BANDS; band++) {
-               if (params->passive_fragmented)
-                       params->dwell[band].passive = 20;
-               else
-                       params->dwell[band].passive =
-                               iwl_mvm_get_passive_dwell(band);
+               params->dwell[band].passive = iwl_mvm_get_passive_dwell(band);
                params->dwell[band].active = iwl_mvm_get_active_dwell(band,
                                                                      n_ssids);
        }