Re: [PATCH 1/1] ath9k: fix firmware bug in some of Mikrotik R11e-2HPnD cards

[Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>]

Denis Kalashnikov <denis281089@gmail.com> writes:

> Some of the Mikrotik R11e-2HPnD cards have EEPROM where is
> flashed that a card has 3 chains, but actually all this cards
> have only 2. This leads ath9k to write periodically into the logs:
> 'ath: phy0: Unable to reset channel, reset status -5' and
> stations don't see that AP.
>
> Mikrotik R11e-2HPnD is based on AR9582 chip.
>
> Signed-off-by: Denis Kalashnikov <denis281089@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_eeprom.c | 9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_eeprom.c
> b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_eeprom.c
> index b4885a700296..554a81400648 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_eeprom.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_eeprom.c
> @@ -3373,6 +3373,15 @@ static int
> ar9300_eeprom_restore_internal(struct ath_hw *ah,
>                 cptr -= (COMP_HDR_LEN + osize + COMP_CKSUM_LEN);
>         }
>
> +       /**
> +        * Fix firmware bug of some Mikrotik R11e-2HPnD cards (based on AR9582)
> +        * that claim that they have 3 chains, but actually have only 2.
> +        */
> +       if (AR_SREV_9580(ah)) {
> +               eep = (struct ar9300_eeprom *)mptr;
> +               eep->baseEepHeader.txrxMask &= 0x33;
> +       }

What about 9580 devices which really have 3 chains, doesn't this broke
those? Or is such setup impossible?

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