[ath9k-devel] [RFC 1/2] ath9k: add an extra boolean parameter to ath9k_hw_apply_txpower

[Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>]

On 2012-04-14 5:32 PM, Gabor Juhos wrote:
> In order to unifying regulatory limit handling
> commit ca2c68cc7bc80fc4504fb420df04cce99c9ee6ec
> (ath9k_hw: clean up tx power handling) introduced
> a new helper function 'ath9k_hw_apply_txpower',
> and the direct calls of 'ah->eep_ops->set_txpower'
> has been replaced by a call of the helper function.
> 
> This caused a change in the behaviour of the
> 'ath9k_hw_set_txpowerlimit' function. The purpose
> of that function is to calculate and store the
> rate txpower table and the regulatory limit without
> touching the hardware registers. Before the commit,
> the 'test' parameter of the function was passed to
> the 'ah->eep_ops->set_txpower'. Now the calling of
> the 'set_txpower' function happens indirectly through
> 'ath9k_hw_apply_txpower', so the 'test' argument of
> the 'set_txpower' is always 'false'.
> 
> This patch restores the original behaviour of
> 'ath9k_hw_set_txpowerlimit' by adding a new
> argument to 'ath9k_hw_apply_txpower.'
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org>
> Cc: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Acked-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>