Re: [PATCH v4] ath9k: add loader for AR92XX (and older) pci(e)

[Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>]

Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@gmail.com> wrote:

> Atheros cards with a AR92XX generation (and older) chip usually
> store their pci(e) initialization vectors on an external eeprom chip.
> However these chips technically don't need the eeprom chip attached,
> the AR9280 Datasheet in section "6.1.2 DEVICE_ID" describes that
> "... if the EEPROM content is not valid, a value of 0xFF1C returns
> when read from the register". So, they will show up on the system's
> pci bus. However in that state, ath9k can't load, since it relies
> on having the correct pci-id, otherwise it doesn't know what chip it
> actually is. This happens on many embedded devices like routers
> and accesspoint since they want to keep the BOM low and store the
> pci(e) initialization vectors together with the calibration data
> on the system's FLASH, which is out of reach of the ath9k chip.
> 
> Furthermore, Some devices (like the Cisco Meraki Z1 Cloud Managed
> Teleworker Gateway) need to be able to initialize the PCIe wifi device.
> Normally, this should be done as a pci quirk during the early stages of
> booting linux. However, this isn't possible for devices which have the
> init code for the Atheros chip stored on NAND in an UBI volume.
> Hence, this module can be used to initialize the chip when the
> user-space is ready to extract the init code.
> 
> Martin Blumenstingl prodived the following fixes:
> owl-loader: add support for OWL emulation PCI devices
> owl-loader: don't re-scan the bus when ath9k_pci_fixup failed
> owl-loader: use dev_* instead of pr_* logging functions
> owl-loader: auto-generate the eeprom filename as fallback
> owl-loader: add a debug message when swapping the eeprom data
> owl-loader: add missing newlines in log messages
> 
> Reviewed-by: Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@googlemail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

5a4f2040fd07 ath9k: add loader for AR92XX (and older) pci(e)

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