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From: Solomon Peachy <pizza@shaftnet.org>
To: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Cc: Pontus Fuchs <pontus.fuchs@gmail.com>, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: RFCv3: ST-E CW1200 WLAN driver
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:54:42 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130201015442.GA2174@shaftnet.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130130223232.GA7307@shaftnet.org>

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On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 05:32:32PM -0500, Solomon Peachy wrote:
> This is my current to-do list:

Was unexpectedly able to spend some time on this today!

>  * One final Kconfig option to eliminate

Done.

>  * A possible crash (reported not three hours ago) that needs confirming

Turns out to not be a crash, but it is a real problem.  The driver can 
get into an inconsistent internal state if a connection loss event 
occurs.  Proper fix triggers deadlock due to interdependencies.  

Hackish workaround in place now, and I'm working on a proper fix.  Or 
will be once my head stops throbbing.  The code is needlessly complex 
and interdependent, and unravelling a bit at a time is difficult.

This state problem actually explains a bunch of other odd quirks I've 
seen, so fixing it properly is pretty important.

>  * Hot unplug is still iffy (but better!)

More progress here, but more work to be done. (Only a problem now if 
device isn't idle when yanked -- if the supplicant is attached, it 
deadlocks still)

>  * Reworked SPI interrupt delivery completely untested
>  * IBSS is still busted (haven't had time to tackle it properly)
>  * Rebase against 3.8
>  * Investigate adding OF bindings that can be used instead of platform_data

No progress here yet.

I'll post another patch set this weekend.

 - Solomon
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Solomon Peachy        		       pizza at shaftnet dot org	 
Melbourne, FL                          ^^ (mail/jabber/gtalk) ^^
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.

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  reply	other threads:[~2013-02-01  1:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-01-12 14:06 RFCv3: ST-E CW1200 WLAN driver Solomon Peachy
2013-01-12 14:06 ` [PATCH 01/15] cw1200: v3: low-level hadrware I/O functions Solomon Peachy
2013-01-12 14:06 ` [PATCH 02/15] cw1200: v3: internal tx queue handling and tracking Solomon Peachy
2013-01-12 14:06 ` [PATCH 03/15] cw1200: v3: scanning implementation Solomon Peachy
2013-01-12 14:06 ` [PATCH 04/15] cw1200: v3: power management Solomon Peachy
2013-01-12 14:06 ` [PATCH 05/15] cw1200: v3: firmware loading Solomon Peachy
2013-01-12 14:06 ` [PATCH 06/15] cw1200: v3: mini-ap support code Solomon Peachy
2013-01-12 14:06 ` [PATCH 07/15] cw1200: v3: debugging hooks and test tool support Solomon Peachy
2013-01-12 14:06 ` [PATCH 08/15] cw1200: v3: 802.11 station API Solomon Peachy
2013-01-12 14:06 ` [PATCH 09/15] cw1200: v3: packet transmit and receiving Solomon Peachy
2013-01-12 14:06 ` [PATCH 10/15] cw1200: v3: WSM (host-firmware) interface glue Solomon Peachy
2013-01-12 14:06 ` [PATCH 11/15] cw1200: v3: main processing loop Solomon Peachy
2013-01-12 14:06 ` [PATCH 12/15] cw1200: v3: common state, definitions, and registration handling Solomon Peachy
2013-01-12 14:06 ` [PATCH 13/15] cw1200: v3: SDIO and SPI glue code and platform definitions Solomon Peachy
2013-01-12 14:06 ` [PATCH 14/15] cw1200: v3: Kbuild integration Solomon Peachy
2013-01-12 14:06 ` [PATCH 15/15] cw1200: v3: Add to drivers/staging, and a MAINTAINERS entry Solomon Peachy
2013-01-14 12:17 ` RFCv3: ST-E CW1200 WLAN driver Pontus Fuchs
2013-01-30 19:02   ` John W. Linville
2013-01-30 22:32     ` Solomon Peachy
2013-02-01  1:54       ` Solomon Peachy [this message]
2013-02-07  4:21       ` Solomon Peachy

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