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* [PATCH wireless-next 0/2] wifi: b43: MAC filter and 64-bit DMA fixes for the BCM4360
@ 2026-10-14 14:32 Andreas Wendleder
  2026-10-14 14:32 ` [PATCH wireless-next 1/2] wifi: b43: reprogram the MAC filter after an interface restart Andreas Wendleder
  2026-10-14 14:32 ` [PATCH wireless-next 2/2] wifi: b43: handle 64-bit DMA engines whose index registers hold bus addresses Andreas Wendleder
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Andreas Wendleder @ 2026-10-14 14:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-wireless
  Cc: julian.calaby, kvalo, linux-kernel, b43-dev, Michael Buesch,
	Johannes Berg

Two fixes found while bringing up a BCM4360 (MacBookAir6,1). Neither
depends on the AC PHY.

 1. After an interface restart nothing was received until some other
    change touched the filter: b43_op_start() zeroes wl->filter_flags,
    but mac80211 computes the change against its own cached flags.
 2. The 64-bit DMA engines of the BCM4352/BCM4360 cores use bus addresses
    in the index and status registers. They are detected by probe, as
    brcmsmac does; engines that keep offsets are untouched.

The rest of the BCM4360 support will follow once these land.

Tested on a MacBookAir6,1 (BCM4360, core revision 42) with the whole
BCM4360 support applied.

Andreas Wendleder (2):
  wifi: b43: reprogram the MAC filter after an interface restart
  wifi: b43: handle 64-bit DMA engines whose index registers hold bus
    addresses

 drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/b43.h  |  1 +
 drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/dma.c  | 52 +++++++++++++++++++-----
 drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/dma.h  |  3 ++
 drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/main.c |  8 ++++++++
 4 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)


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* [PATCH wireless-next 1/2] wifi: b43: reprogram the MAC filter after an interface restart
  2026-10-14 14:32 [PATCH wireless-next 0/2] wifi: b43: MAC filter and 64-bit DMA fixes for the BCM4360 Andreas Wendleder
@ 2026-10-14 14:32 ` Andreas Wendleder
  2026-10-14 14:32 ` [PATCH wireless-next 2/2] wifi: b43: handle 64-bit DMA engines whose index registers hold bus addresses Andreas Wendleder
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Andreas Wendleder @ 2026-10-14 14:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-wireless
  Cc: julian.calaby, kvalo, linux-kernel, b43-dev, Michael Buesch,
	Johannes Berg

b43_op_start() clears wl->filter_flags, but mac80211 computes @changed
for b43_op_configure_filter() against the flags it cached from the
previous run. After a down/up it can report no change, so
b43_adjust_opmode() is not called and MACCTL keeps the cleared filter.

Compare the requested flags with what the hardware was programmed with
and add the difference to @changed.

Signed-off-by: Andreas Wendleder <gonsolo@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/main.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/main.c
index 8f4aff3..57a5935 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/main.c
@@ -4318,6 +4318,14 @@ static void b43_op_configure_filter(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 		   FIF_OTHER_BSS |
 		   FIF_BCN_PRBRESP_PROMISC;
 
+	/*
+	 * b43_op_start() zeroes wl->filter_flags, but mac80211 computes
+	 * @changed against its own cached flags, so after an interface
+	 * restart it reports no change and MACCTL kept the zeroed filter.
+	 * Compare against what the hardware was actually programmed with.
+	 */
+	if (wl->filter_flags != *fflags)
+		changed |= wl->filter_flags ^ *fflags;
 	wl->filter_flags = *fflags;
 
 	if (changed && b43_status(dev) >= B43_STAT_INITIALIZED)

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* [PATCH wireless-next 2/2] wifi: b43: handle 64-bit DMA engines whose index registers hold bus addresses
  2026-10-14 14:32 [PATCH wireless-next 0/2] wifi: b43: MAC filter and 64-bit DMA fixes for the BCM4360 Andreas Wendleder
  2026-10-14 14:32 ` [PATCH wireless-next 1/2] wifi: b43: reprogram the MAC filter after an interface restart Andreas Wendleder
@ 2026-10-14 14:32 ` Andreas Wendleder
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Andreas Wendleder @ 2026-10-14 14:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-wireless
  Cc: julian.calaby, kvalo, linux-kernel, b43-dev, Michael Buesch,
	Johannes Berg

Newer 64-bit DMA engines (found on the core revisions of the BCM4352 and
BCM4360) accept ring addresses with low bits set and then use bus
addresses, not offsets into the ring, in the index and status registers.
They are detected as brcmsmac does it in _dma_descriptor_align(): write
0xff0 to TXRINGLO and see whether it sticks.

On such an engine keep the ring address in the new ring->ptr_base, add it
when writing TXINDEX and RXINDEX and subtract it when reading RXSTATUS.
The ring address registers have to be written before the control word
enables the engine, and the hardware defaults of burst length,
outstanding reads and prefetch control (the *CTL_KEEP masks) have to be
preserved.

Engines that keep offsets behave as before.

Signed-off-by: Andreas Wendleder <gonsolo@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/b43.h |  1 +
 drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/dma.c | 52 +++++++++++++++++++------
 drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/dma.h |  3 ++
 3 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/b43.h b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/b43.h
index c0d8fc0..e1e8083 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/b43.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/b43.h
@@ -668,6 +668,7 @@ struct b43_dma {
 	u32 translation; /* Routing bits */
 	bool translation_in_low; /* Should translation bit go into low addr? */
 	bool parity; /* Check for parity */
+	bool ptr_is_addr;
 };
 
 struct b43_pio_txqueue;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/dma.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/dma.c
index 05da698..20d910a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/dma.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/dma.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ static void op64_fill_descriptor(struct b43_dmaring *ring,
 
 static void op64_poke_tx(struct b43_dmaring *ring, int slot)
 {
-	b43_dma_write(ring, B43_DMA64_TXINDEX,
+	b43_dma_write(ring, B43_DMA64_TXINDEX, ring->ptr_base +
 		      (u32) (slot * sizeof(struct b43_dmadesc64)));
 }
 
@@ -233,14 +233,15 @@ static int op64_get_current_rxslot(struct b43_dmaring *ring)
 	u32 val;
 
 	val = b43_dma_read(ring, B43_DMA64_RXSTATUS);
-	val &= B43_DMA64_RXSTATDPTR;
+	val = ((val & B43_DMA64_RXSTATDPTR) - ring->ptr_base) &
+	      B43_DMA64_RXSTATDPTR;
 
 	return (val / sizeof(struct b43_dmadesc64));
 }
 
 static void op64_set_current_rxslot(struct b43_dmaring *ring, int slot)
 {
-	b43_dma_write(ring, B43_DMA64_RXINDEX,
+	b43_dma_write(ring, B43_DMA64_RXINDEX, ring->ptr_base +
 		      (u32) (slot * sizeof(struct b43_dmadesc64)));
 }
 
@@ -690,9 +691,19 @@ static int dmacontroller_setup(struct b43_dmaring *ring)
 			    & B43_DMA64_TXADDREXT_MASK;
 			if (!parity)
 				value |= B43_DMA64_TXPARITYDISABLE;
-			b43_dma_write(ring, B43_DMA64_TXCTL, value);
-			b43_dma_write(ring, B43_DMA64_TXRINGLO, addrlo);
-			b43_dma_write(ring, B43_DMA64_TXRINGHI, addrhi);
+			if (ring->dev->dma.ptr_is_addr) {
+				ring->ptr_base = lower_32_bits(ring->dmabase);
+				value |= b43_dma_read(ring, B43_DMA64_TXCTL) &
+					 B43_DMA64_TXCTL_KEEP;
+				b43_dma_write(ring, B43_DMA64_TXRINGLO, addrlo);
+				b43_dma_write(ring, B43_DMA64_TXRINGHI, addrhi);
+				b43_dma_write(ring, B43_DMA64_TXCTL, value);
+			} else {
+				ring->ptr_base = 0;
+				b43_dma_write(ring, B43_DMA64_TXCTL, value);
+				b43_dma_write(ring, B43_DMA64_TXRINGLO, addrlo);
+				b43_dma_write(ring, B43_DMA64_TXRINGHI, addrhi);
+			}
 		} else {
 			u32 ringbase = (u32) (ring->dmabase);
 			addrext = b43_dma_address(&ring->dev->dma, ringbase, B43_DMA_ADDR_EXT);
@@ -722,11 +733,21 @@ static int dmacontroller_setup(struct b43_dmaring *ring)
 			    & B43_DMA64_RXADDREXT_MASK;
 			if (!parity)
 				value |= B43_DMA64_RXPARITYDISABLE;
-			b43_dma_write(ring, B43_DMA64_RXCTL, value);
-			b43_dma_write(ring, B43_DMA64_RXRINGLO, addrlo);
-			b43_dma_write(ring, B43_DMA64_RXRINGHI, addrhi);
-			b43_dma_write(ring, B43_DMA64_RXINDEX, ring->nr_slots *
-				      sizeof(struct b43_dmadesc64));
+			if (ring->dev->dma.ptr_is_addr) {
+				ring->ptr_base = lower_32_bits(ring->dmabase);
+				value |= b43_dma_read(ring, B43_DMA64_RXCTL) &
+					 B43_DMA64_RXCTL_KEEP;
+				b43_dma_write(ring, B43_DMA64_RXRINGLO, addrlo);
+				b43_dma_write(ring, B43_DMA64_RXRINGHI, addrhi);
+				b43_dma_write(ring, B43_DMA64_RXCTL, value);
+			} else {
+				ring->ptr_base = 0;
+				b43_dma_write(ring, B43_DMA64_RXCTL, value);
+				b43_dma_write(ring, B43_DMA64_RXRINGLO, addrlo);
+				b43_dma_write(ring, B43_DMA64_RXRINGHI, addrhi);
+			}
+			b43_dma_write(ring, B43_DMA64_RXINDEX, ring->ptr_base +
+				      ring->nr_slots * sizeof(struct b43_dmadesc64));
 		} else {
 			u32 ringbase = (u32) (ring->dmabase);
 			addrext = b43_dma_address(&ring->dev->dma, ringbase, B43_DMA_ADDR_EXT);
@@ -1080,6 +1101,15 @@ int b43_dma_init(struct b43_wldev *dev)
 		dma->parity = false;
 #endif
 
+	dma->ptr_is_addr = false;
+	if (type == B43_DMA_64BIT) {
+		u16 ringlo = b43_dmacontroller_base(type, 0) + B43_DMA64_TXRINGLO;
+
+		b43_write32(dev, ringlo, 0xff0);
+		dma->ptr_is_addr = b43_read32(dev, ringlo) != 0;
+		b43_write32(dev, ringlo, 0);
+	}
+
 	err = -ENOMEM;
 	/* setup TX DMA channels. */
 	dma->tx_ring_AC_BK = b43_setup_dmaring(dev, 0, 1, type);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/dma.h b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/dma.h
index f9f65bb..eddc882 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/dma.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/dma.h
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ struct b43_dmadesc32 {
 #define		B43_DMA64_TXPARITYDISABLE		0x00000800
 #define		B43_DMA64_TXADDREXT_MASK		0x00030000
 #define		B43_DMA64_TXADDREXT_SHIFT		16
+#define B43_DMA64_TXCTL_KEEP				0x03FC00C0
 #define B43_DMA64_TXINDEX				0x04
 #define B43_DMA64_TXRINGLO				0x08
 #define B43_DMA64_TXRINGHI				0x0C
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ struct b43_dmadesc32 {
 #define		B43_DMA64_RXPARITYDISABLE		0x00000800
 #define		B43_DMA64_RXADDREXT_MASK		0x00030000
 #define		B43_DMA64_RXADDREXT_SHIFT		16
+#define B43_DMA64_RXCTL_KEEP				0x03FC0000
 #define B43_DMA64_RXINDEX				0x24
 #define B43_DMA64_RXRINGLO				0x28
 #define B43_DMA64_RXRINGHI				0x2C
@@ -235,6 +237,7 @@ struct b43_dmaring {
 	u8 *txhdr_cache;
 	/* (Unadjusted) DMA base bus-address of the ring memory. */
 	dma_addr_t dmabase;
+	u32 ptr_base;
 	/* Number of descriptor slots in the ring. */
 	int nr_slots;
 	/* Number of used descriptor slots. */

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