From: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
To: Benjamin Berg <benjamin@sipsolutions.net>, ath10k@lists.infradead.org
Cc: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vthiagar@qti.qualcomm.com>,
Mathias Kretschmer <mathias.kretschmer@fit.fraunhofer.de>,
Michal Kazior <michal.kazior@tieto.com>,
Sebastian Gottschall <s.gottschall@dd-wrt.com>,
Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 2/2] ath10k: Allow setting coverage class
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 10:57:51 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6cbadf5a-4289-640c-eb46-694a7da8ea44@candelatech.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160825132522.30994-3-benjamin@sipsolutions.net>
On 08/25/2016 06:25 AM, Benjamin Berg wrote:
> Unfortunately ath10k does not generally allow modifying the coverage class
> with the stock firmware and Qualcomm has so far refused to implement this
> feature so that it can be properly supported in ath10k. If we however know
> the registers that need to be modified for proper operation with a higher
> coverage class, then we can do these modifications from the driver.
>
> This patch implements this hack for first generation cards which are based
> on a core that is similar to ath9k. The registers are modified in place and
> need to be re-written every time the firmware sets them. To achieve this
> the register status is verified after certain WMI events from the firmware.
>
> The coverage class may not be modified temporarily right after the card
> re-initializes the registers. This is for example the case during scanning.
>
> Thanks to Sebastian Gottschall <s.gottschall@dd-wrt.com> for initially
> working on a userspace support for this. This patch wouldn't have been
> possible without this documentation.
Hello,
Do you happen to know the maximum distance that can work with this
patch enabled? The register value maximum seems to be 0x3FFF, but I
am not sure of the units (nor how exactly that applies to distance).
Thanks,
Ben
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Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-10-16 17:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-08-25 13:25 [PATCHv3 0/2] ath10k: Allow setting coverage class Benjamin Berg
2016-08-25 13:25 ` [PATCHv3 1/2] ath10k: Rename hw_rx_desc_ops to hw_ops to use it for other purposes Benjamin Berg
2016-08-25 13:25 ` [PATCHv3 2/2] ath10k: Allow setting coverage class Benjamin Berg
2016-08-25 14:28 ` Ben Greear
2016-08-25 14:33 ` Benjamin Berg
2016-08-25 15:10 ` Sebastian Gottschall
2017-10-16 17:57 ` Ben Greear [this message]
2017-10-16 17:59 ` Adrian Chadd
2017-10-16 19:10 ` Sebastian Gottschall
2017-10-16 19:12 ` Adrian Chadd
2017-10-16 19:55 ` Ben Greear
2017-10-17 7:57 ` Sebastian Gottschall
2017-10-17 7:56 ` Sebastian Gottschall
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