latest ath10k pending tree bug's

Manoharan, Rajkumar rmanohar at qti.qualcomm.com
Tue Mar 29 04:02:27 PDT 2016


> the new introduced code which initialized the precal data for new
> chipsets will break QCA99XX support.
> so ath10k fails to initialize.
> i commented out
> ret = ath10k_core_pre_cal_config(ar);
> and
>   ret = ath10k_core_pre_cal_download(ar);
> 
> to get it working again. this might not affect real pcie cards. but on
> IPQ8064 based boards with on board wifi cards it shows that behaviour.
> 
Can you please try below change?

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h
index ca45da3..cf90c87 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h
@@ -725,10 +725,8 @@ struct ath10k {
        const void *firmware_data;
        size_t firmware_len;

-       union {
-               const struct firmware *pre_cal_file;
-               const struct firmware *cal_file;
-       };
+       const struct firmware *pre_cal_file;
+       const struct firmware *cal_file;

        struct {
                const void *firmware_codeswap_data;

> in addition this message here floods the kernel log
> [125917.204121] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: failed to increase tx mgmt
> pending count: -16, dropping
> but it has no further visible side effects
> 
Yeah... It is harmless but better to lower debug level.

-Rajkumar


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