Re: [RFC 2/5] ath: Add a keycache entry if beamforming is enabled.

[Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>]

On 2010-11-10 1:23 PM, Vivek Natarajan wrote:
> Keycache entry for a sta has the details of the negotiated
> beamforming parameters which is to be used by the hardware
> while trasmitting to that specific sta.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vivek Natarajan <vnatarajan@atheros.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath.h |    2 ++
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/key.c |   29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/key.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/key.c
> index 62e3dac..11f562e 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/key.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/key.c
> @@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ static bool ath_hw_set_keycache_entry(struct ath_common *common, u16 entry,
>  	void *ah = common->ah;
>  	u32 key0, key1, key2, key3, key4;
>  	u32 keyType;
> +	u32 txbf = 0;
>  
>  	if (entry >= common->keymax) {
>  		ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_FATAL,
> @@ -199,6 +200,9 @@ static bool ath_hw_set_keycache_entry(struct ath_common *common, u16 entry,
>  		REG_WRITE(ah, AR_KEYTABLE_KEY4(entry), key4);
>  		REG_WRITE(ah, AR_KEYTABLE_TYPE(entry), keyType);
>  
> +		REG_WRITE(ah, AR_KEYTABLE_TYPE(entry),
> +				keyType | txbf);
> +
>  		/* Write MAC address for the entry */
>  		(void) ath_hw_keysetmac(common, entry, mac);
>  
What's the point of this change, if txbf is always zero?
And why duplicate the REG_WRITE?

- Felix