Michal Kazior <michal.kaz...@tieto.com> writes: >> Why do we reset the firmware/NIC when we admin down/up the >> vif (when a single vif is active)? Couldn't we just keep >> the firmware active in this state and not risk lockup due >> to reset? > > If you put down last interface mac80211 calls drv_stop(). There isn't > any real need to keep the device up and running after that other than > trying to workaround the reset issue. But then you need to deal with > firmware quirks. I recall it could report Rx indications after all > vdevs had been removed (and this is now also observable with 10.2 > during probing/bootup). It's just simpler to reboot firmware on > drv_stop/start().
And there's the reliability issue. Being able to reset the firmware with interface down/up sequency is pretty useful and AFAIK almost all upstream drivers do that. And let's not forget power consumption either. -- Kalle Valo _______________________________________________ ath10k mailing list ath10k@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/ath10k
