From: Luca Casati <luk00casati@gmail.com>
To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Cc: johannes@sipsolutions.net, arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com,
b43-dev@lists.infradead.org, alessio.ferri@mythread.it,
Luca Casati <luk00casati@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH wireless-next v2 2/5] b43: N-PHY: fix TX IQ/LO calibration
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2026 22:15:13 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261106211516.273791-3-luk00casati@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261106211516.273791-1-luk00casati@gmail.com>
Several bugs kept the TX IQ/LO calibration from working, and on rev7+
it left TX dead afterwards:
- The busy poll on IQLOCAL_CMD was inverted: bits 15:14 are set while a
step runs, so it stopped waiting as soon as the step started.
- The final copy was reversed: it wrote the stale buffer over the best
coefficients (table 15 at 96) and read the active ones (at 80), so the
result was never applied.
- TxCalPhyCleanup lacked the rev7+ part of brcmsmac's
wlc_phy_txcal_phycleanup_nphy(): the 0x80 and 0x8 (PA power-up) RF
overrides set up for the cal were left in place.
- There was no counterpart to b43_nphy_tx_cal_radio_setup_rev7(), so the
TSSI/IQ-cal path stayed switched in. Add one, following
wlc_phy_txcal_radio_cleanup_nphy().
- The TRSW override for the second core used 8, which does not fit the
2-bit field on rev7+; use 2 as wl does.
With these, on a BCM43228 (N-PHY rev 16, radio 2057 rev 9) the final
coefficients are close to the proprietary wl driver's, though not
equal.
mmiotraces: https://github.com/Luca00casati/b43patch/blob/755c2d8/traces/excerpts/patch2-iqlo-poll.txt
https://github.com/Luca00casati/b43patch/blob/755c2d8/traces/excerpts/patch2-trsw.txt
https://github.com/Luca00casati/b43patch/blob/755c2d8/traces/excerpts/patch2-coefficients.txt
Found and fixed with the help of an AI coding assistant (Claude Opus 5.5),
by comparing mmiotraces of b43 and wl on the same card.
Signed-off-by: Luca Casati <luk00casati@gmail.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/phy_n.c | 73 +++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 68 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/phy_n.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/phy_n.c
index c4e6c1ac0..6b0140f05 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/phy_n.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/phy_n.c
@@ -4775,6 +4775,32 @@ static void b43_nphy_tx_cal_radio_setup_rev7(struct b43_wldev *dev)
}
}
+static void b43_nphy_tx_cal_radio_cleanup(struct b43_wldev *dev)
+{
+ struct b43_phy *phy = &dev->phy;
+ u16 *save = dev->phy.n->tx_rx_cal_radio_saveregs;
+ int core, off;
+ u16 r;
+
+ if (phy->rev < 7 || phy->rev >= 19)
+ return;
+
+ for (core = 0; core < 2; core++) {
+ r = core ? 0x20 : 0;
+ off = core * 11;
+
+ b43_radio_write(dev, r + R2057_TX0_TX_SSI_MASTER, save[off + 0]);
+ b43_radio_write(dev, r + R2057_TX0_IQCAL_VCM_HG, save[off + 1]);
+ b43_radio_write(dev, r + R2057_TX0_IQCAL_IDAC, save[off + 2]);
+ b43_radio_write(dev, r + R2057_TX0_TSSI_VCM, save[off + 3]);
+ b43_radio_write(dev, r + R2057_TX0_TX_SSI_MUX, save[off + 5]);
+ if (phy->radio_rev != 5)
+ b43_radio_write(dev, r + R2057_TX0_TSSIA, save[off + 6]);
+ b43_radio_write(dev, r + R2057_TX0_TSSIG, save[off + 7]);
+ b43_radio_write(dev, r + R2057_TX0_TSSI_MISC1, save[off + 8]);
+ }
+}
+
/* https://bcm-v4.sipsolutions.net/802.11/PHY/N/TxCalRadioSetup */
static void b43_nphy_tx_cal_radio_setup(struct b43_wldev *dev)
{
@@ -5033,7 +5059,9 @@ static struct nphy_txgains b43_nphy_get_tx_gains(struct b43_wldev *dev)
/* https://bcm-v4.sipsolutions.net/802.11/PHY/N/TxCalPhyCleanup */
static void b43_nphy_tx_cal_phy_cleanup(struct b43_wldev *dev)
{
- u16 *regs = dev->phy.n->tx_rx_cal_phy_saveregs;
+ struct b43_phy *phy = &dev->phy;
+ struct b43_phy_n *nphy = dev->phy.n;
+ u16 *regs = nphy->tx_rx_cal_phy_saveregs;
if (dev->phy.rev >= 3) {
b43_phy_write(dev, B43_NPHY_AFECTL_C1, regs[0]);
@@ -5047,7 +5075,37 @@ static void b43_nphy_tx_cal_phy_cleanup(struct b43_wldev *dev)
b43_phy_write(dev, B43_NPHY_RFCTL_INTC2, regs[8]);
b43_phy_write(dev, B43_NPHY_PAPD_EN0, regs[9]);
b43_phy_write(dev, B43_NPHY_PAPD_EN1, regs[10]);
+
+ if (phy->rev >= 19)
+ b43_nphy_rf_ctl_override_rev19(dev, 0x80, 0, 0, true,
+ 1);
+ else if (phy->rev >= 7)
+ b43_nphy_rf_ctl_override_rev7(dev, 0x80, 0, 0, true, 1);
+
b43_nphy_reset_cca(dev);
+
+ if (nphy->use_int_tx_iq_lo_cal) {
+ if (phy->rev >= 19) {
+ b43_nphy_rf_ctl_override_rev19(dev, 0x8, 0, 0x3,
+ true, 0);
+ } else if (phy->rev >= 8) {
+ b43_nphy_rf_ctl_override_rev7(dev, 0x8, 0, 0x3,
+ true, 0);
+ } else if (phy->rev == 7) {
+ bool ghz2 = b43_current_band(dev->wl) ==
+ NL80211_BAND_2GHZ;
+
+ b43_radio_maskset(dev, ghz2 ?
+ R2057_PAD2G_TUNE_PUS_CORE0 :
+ R2057_IPA5G_CASCOFFV_PU_CORE0,
+ ~1, 1);
+ b43_radio_maskset(dev, ghz2 ?
+ R2057_PAD2G_TUNE_PUS_CORE1 :
+ R2057_IPA5G_CASCOFFV_PU_CORE1,
+ ~1, 1);
+ b43_radio_mask(dev, R2057_OVR_REG0, ~(1 << 4));
+ }
+ }
} else {
b43_phy_maskset(dev, B43_NPHY_AFECTL_C1, 0x0FFF, regs[0]);
b43_phy_maskset(dev, B43_NPHY_AFECTL_C2, 0x0FFF, regs[1]);
@@ -5102,7 +5160,8 @@ static void b43_nphy_tx_cal_phy_setup(struct b43_wldev *dev)
b43_nphy_rf_ctl_intc_override(dev, N_INTC_OVERRIDE_PA,
0, 3);
b43_nphy_rf_ctl_intc_override(dev, N_INTC_OVERRIDE_TRSW, 2, 1);
- b43_nphy_rf_ctl_intc_override(dev, N_INTC_OVERRIDE_TRSW, 8, 2);
+ b43_nphy_rf_ctl_intc_override(dev, N_INTC_OVERRIDE_TRSW,
+ phy->rev >= 7 ? 2 : 8, 2);
regs[9] = b43_phy_read(dev, B43_NPHY_PAPD_EN0);
regs[10] = b43_phy_read(dev, B43_NPHY_PAPD_EN1);
@@ -5480,10 +5539,13 @@ static int b43_nphy_cal_tx_iq_lo(struct b43_wldev *dev,
b43_phy_write(dev, B43_NPHY_IQLOCAL_CMD, cmd);
for (i = 0; i < 2000; i++) {
tmp = b43_phy_read(dev, B43_NPHY_IQLOCAL_CMD);
- if (tmp & 0xC000)
+ if (!(tmp & 0xC000))
break;
udelay(10);
}
+ if (i == 2000)
+ b43err(dev->wl, "TX IQ/LO cal step 0x%04x timed out\n",
+ cmd);
b43_ntab_read_bulk(dev, B43_NTAB16(15, 96), length,
buffer);
@@ -5500,8 +5562,8 @@ static int b43_nphy_cal_tx_iq_lo(struct b43_wldev *dev,
last = (dev->phy.rev < 3) ? 6 : 7;
if (!mphase || nphy->mphase_cal_phase_id == last) {
- b43_ntab_write_bulk(dev, B43_NTAB16(15, 96), 4, buffer);
- b43_ntab_read_bulk(dev, B43_NTAB16(15, 80), 4, buffer);
+ b43_ntab_read_bulk(dev, B43_NTAB16(15, 96), 4, buffer);
+ b43_ntab_write_bulk(dev, B43_NTAB16(15, 80), 4, buffer);
if (dev->phy.rev < 3) {
buffer[0] = 0;
buffer[1] = 0;
@@ -5540,6 +5602,7 @@ static int b43_nphy_cal_tx_iq_lo(struct b43_wldev *dev,
b43_nphy_tx_cal_phy_cleanup(dev);
b43_ntab_write_bulk(dev, B43_NTAB16(7, 0x110), 2, save);
+ b43_nphy_tx_cal_radio_cleanup(dev);
if (dev->phy.rev < 2 && (!mphase || nphy->mphase_cal_phase_id == last))
b43_nphy_tx_iq_workaround(dev);
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-06 21:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-06 21:15 [PATCH wireless-next v2 0/5] b43: N-PHY: fix calibrations on rev7+ (BCM43228) Luca Casati
2026-11-06 21:15 ` [PATCH wireless-next v2 1/5] b43: N-PHY: fix the TX tone sample table Luca Casati
2026-11-06 22:12 ` Alessio Ferri
2026-11-06 21:15 ` Luca Casati [this message]
2026-11-06 21:15 ` [PATCH wireless-next v2 3/5] b43: N-PHY: fix rev3+ RSSI calibration Luca Casati
2026-11-07 12:00 ` Alessio Ferri
2026-11-06 21:15 ` [PATCH wireless-next v2 4/5] b43: N-PHY: use wl's delays in the 2057 RC calibration Luca Casati
2026-11-06 21:15 ` [PATCH wireless-next v2 5/5] b43: N-PHY: add the missing override to the rev7 TX_PU command Luca Casati
2026-11-07 11:48 ` [PATCH wireless-next v2 0/5] b43: N-PHY: fix calibrations on rev7+ (BCM43228) Alessio Ferri
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