[PATCH 4/3] b43: support new RX header, noticed to be used in 598.314+ fw

Michael Büsch m at bues.ch
Thu Aug 11 10:55:22 EDT 2011


On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:20:23 +0200
Rafał Miłecki <zajec5 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5 at gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/b43/pio.c  |   10 +++++++++-
>  drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.c |   21 ++++++++++++++++-----
>  drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.h |   19 ++++++++++++++++---
>  3 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/pio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/pio.c
> index 6e4228c..ce8a4bd 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/pio.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/pio.c
> @@ -676,7 +676,15 @@ data_ready:
>  		goto rx_error;
>  	}
>  
> -	macstat = le32_to_cpu(rxhdr->mac_status);
> +	switch (dev->fw.hdr_format) {
> +	case B43_FW_HDR_598:
> +		macstat = le32_to_cpu(rxhdr->format_598.mac_status);
> +		break;
> +	case B43_FW_HDR_410:
> +	case B43_FW_HDR_351:
> +		macstat = le32_to_cpu(rxhdr->format_351.mac_status);
> +		break;
> +	}
>  	if (macstat & B43_RX_MAC_FCSERR) {
>  		if (!(q->dev->wl->filter_flags & FIF_FCSFAIL)) {
>  			/* Drop frames with failed FCS. */
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.c b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.c
> index b02170d..5b82409 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.c
> @@ -653,8 +653,9 @@ void b43_rx(struct b43_wldev *dev, struct sk_buff *skb, const void *_rxhdr)
>  	struct ieee80211_hdr *wlhdr;
>  	const struct b43_rxhdr_fw4 *rxhdr = _rxhdr;
>  	__le16 fctl;
> -	u16 phystat0, phystat3, chanstat, mactime;
> -	u32 macstat;
> +	u16 phystat0, phystat3;
> +	u16 uninitialized_var(chanstat), uninitialized_var(mactime);
> +	u32 uninitialized_var(macstat);
>  	u16 chanid;
>  	u16 phytype;
>  	int padding;
> @@ -664,9 +665,19 @@ void b43_rx(struct b43_wldev *dev, struct sk_buff *skb, const void *_rxhdr)
>  	/* Get metadata about the frame from the header. */
>  	phystat0 = le16_to_cpu(rxhdr->phy_status0);
>  	phystat3 = le16_to_cpu(rxhdr->phy_status3);
> -	macstat = le32_to_cpu(rxhdr->mac_status);
> -	mactime = le16_to_cpu(rxhdr->mac_time);
> -	chanstat = le16_to_cpu(rxhdr->channel);
> +	switch (dev->fw.hdr_format) {
> +	case B43_FW_HDR_598:
> +		macstat = le32_to_cpu(rxhdr->format_598.mac_status);
> +		mactime = le16_to_cpu(rxhdr->format_598.mac_time);
> +		chanstat = le16_to_cpu(rxhdr->format_598.channel);
> +		break;
> +	case B43_FW_HDR_410:
> +	case B43_FW_HDR_351:
> +		macstat = le32_to_cpu(rxhdr->format_351.mac_status);
> +		mactime = le16_to_cpu(rxhdr->format_351.mac_time);
> +		chanstat = le16_to_cpu(rxhdr->format_351.channel);
> +		break;
> +	}
>  	phytype = chanstat & B43_RX_CHAN_PHYTYPE;
>  
>  	if (unlikely(macstat & B43_RX_MAC_FCSERR)) {
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.h b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.h
> index dccf7c1..dc37297 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.h
> @@ -250,9 +250,22 @@ struct b43_rxhdr_fw4 {
>  	} __packed;
>  	__le16 phy_status2;	/* PHY RX Status 2 */
>  	__le16 phy_status3;	/* PHY RX Status 3 */
> -	__le32 mac_status;	/* MAC RX status */
> -	__le16 mac_time;
> -	__le16 channel;
> +	union {
> +		/* Tested with 598.314, 644.1001 and 666.2 */
> +		struct {
> +			PAD_BYTES(1);
> +			__le32 mac_status;	/* MAC RX status */
> +			__le16 mac_time;
> +			__le16 channel;
> +		} format_598 __packed;

Is this really a 1 byte padding here? This misalignes all fields from mac_status on.
Doesn't matter much, as the struct is packed, but it looks weird and worth
to re-check this.

-- 
Greetings, Michael.



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