Re: [PATCH 1/7] rt2x00: Enable PA_PE bits in TX_PIN_CFG according to active band.

[Ivo Van Doorn <ivdoorn@gmail.com>]

Hi,

> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 04:25, Ivo van Doorn <ivdoorn@gmail.com> wrote:
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c
>> index 93fb674..1cad89e 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c
>> @@ -1795,8 +1795,10 @@ static void rt2800_config_channel(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
>>
>>        /* Turn on unused PA or LNA when not using 1T or 1R */
>>        if (rt2x00dev->default_ant.tx_chain_num == 2) {
>> -               rt2x00_set_field32(&tx_pin, TX_PIN_CFG_PA_PE_A1_EN, 1);
>> -               rt2x00_set_field32(&tx_pin, TX_PIN_CFG_PA_PE_G1_EN, 1);
>> +               rt2x00_set_field32(&tx_pin, TX_PIN_CFG_PA_PE_A1_EN,
>> +                                  rf->channel > 14);
>> +               rt2x00_set_field32(&tx_pin, TX_PIN_CFG_PA_PE_G1_EN,
>> +                                  rf->channel <= 14);
>
> Aren't there better ways to determine the band from the channel?
>
> I recall that there were some patches floating around relating to
> supporting Japanese channels (802.11j ?) which (IIRC) use channel 14
> in both bands - I'm not sure if this is applicable here, but would it
> not be better to get the actual band from mac/cfg80211 and switch
> based on that instead of on the channel number?

True, but we have to review this for the entire driver, we have several places
where we check the channel rather then the band. And even then we have
a FIXME somewhere (not sure who added it), which states that our registrations
of the bands are also possibly incorrect.

On the other hand, it also depends on the Ralink chips as well, I am not
even sure they support this channel 14 on both bands feature.

Ivo