[PATCH] wifi: ath11k: adjust a comment to reflect reality

Jeff Johnson quic_jjohnson at quicinc.com
Fri Mar 1 08:16:16 PST 2024


On 2/26/2024 6:45 PM, Kevin Lo wrote:
> In ath11k_mhi_set_mhictrl_reset(), I observed on QCA6390/QCN9074/WCN6855,
> MHISTATUS has SYSERR bit always been set after SOC_GLOBAL_RESET.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Lo <kevlo at kevlo.org>
> ---
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mhi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mhi.c
> index 3de7fa6f88d0..1198e80d9dff 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mhi.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mhi.c
> @@ -158,8 +158,8 @@ void ath11k_mhi_set_mhictrl_reset(struct ath11k_base *ab)
>  
>  	ath11k_dbg(ab, ATH11K_DBG_PCI, "mhistatus 0x%x\n", val);
>  
> -	/* Observed on QCA6390 that after SOC_GLOBAL_RESET, MHISTATUS
> -	 * has SYSERR bit set and thus need to set MHICTRL_RESET
> +	/* After SOC_GLOBAL_RESET, MHISTATUS has SYSERR bit
> +	 * always been set and thus need to set MHICTRL_RESET
>  	 * to clear SYSERR.
>  	 */
>  	ath11k_pcic_write32(ab, MHICTRL, MHICTRL_RESET_MASK);

Unless you've verified this is always true for every supported chipset
I'd rather more accurately say something like:
After SOC_GLOBAL_RESET, MHISTATUS may still have SYSERR bit set and thus...



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