2010/5/19 Bruno Randolf <b...@einfach.org>:
> As far as we know, only NF calibration interferes with RX/TX so we can
> leave the queues enabled for the other calibrations.
>
> BTW: Stopping the queues is not enough for avoiding transmissions, since there
> might be packets in the queue + beacons are also sent regularly! But i leave 
> it
> like this until we have a better solution (stopping TX DMA?).
>
> Signed-off-by: Bruno Randolf <b...@einfach.org>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c |   11 ++++++-----
>  1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c 
> b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
> index 88c7314..3206ed6 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
> @@ -2785,10 +2785,6 @@ ath5k_tasklet_calibrate(unsigned long data)
>        /* Only full calibration for now */
>        ah->ah_cal_mask |= AR5K_CALIBRATION_FULL;
>
> -       /* Stop queues so that calibration
> -        * doesn't interfere with tx */
> -       ieee80211_stop_queues(sc->hw);
> -
>        ATH5K_DBG(sc, ATH5K_DEBUG_CALIBRATE, "channel %u/%x\n",
>                ieee80211_frequency_to_channel(sc->curchan->center_freq),
>                sc->curchan->hw_value);
> @@ -2806,8 +2802,13 @@ ath5k_tasklet_calibrate(unsigned long data)
>                        ieee80211_frequency_to_channel(
>                                sc->curchan->center_freq));
>
> +       /* TODO: We don't need to run noise floor calibration as often
> +        * as I/Q calibration.*/
> +
> +       /* Noise floor calibration interrupts rx/tx path while I/Q calibration
> +        * doesn't. Stop queues so that calibration doesn't interfere with tx 
> */
> +       ieee80211_stop_queues(sc->hw);
>        ath5k_hw_update_noise_floor(ah);
> -       /* Wake queues */
>        ieee80211_wake_queues(sc->hw);
>
>        ah->ah_cal_mask &= ~AR5K_CALIBRATION_FULL;
>

Acked-by: Nick Kossifidis <mickfl...@gmail.com>



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