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| author | Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@googlemail.com> | 2010-08-06 20:48:27 +0200 |
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| committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2010-08-16 15:26:42 -0400 |
| commit | 0856d9c04a1655612abd96793c1e8b1c1792457e (patch) | |
| tree | bbb4cdb71c6ba6c46d9b5bdb73c73ddf989a18dc /drivers/net/wireless | |
| parent | 96481b20f4d6df7021867ae9a9deaa989ec32e40 (diff) | |
rt2x00: Update comments regarding TXWI and TX_STA_FIFO
Add some comments about the TXWI fields and the TX_STA_FIFO register.
Especially describe the relationship between the TXWI field PACKETID
and the PID field in the TX_STA_FIFO register.
Signed-off-by: Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800.h | 27 |
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800.h b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800.h index ed4ebcdde7c9..cf1f16bfcd5e 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800.h +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800.h @@ -1318,7 +1318,25 @@ #define TX_STA_CNT2_TX_UNDER_FLOW_COUNT FIELD32(0xffff0000) /* - * TX_STA_FIFO: TX Result for specific PID status fifo register + * TX_STA_FIFO: TX Result for specific PID status fifo register. + * + * This register is implemented as FIFO with 16 entries in the HW. Each + * register read fetches the next tx result. If the FIFO is full because + * it wasn't read fast enough after the according interrupt (TX_FIFO_STATUS) + * triggered, the hw seems to simply drop further tx results. + * + * VALID: 1: this tx result is valid + * 0: no valid tx result -> driver should stop reading + * PID_TYPE: The PID latched from the PID field in the TXWI, can be used + * to match a frame with its tx result (even though the PID is + * only 4 bits wide). + * TX_SUCCESS: Indicates tx success (1) or failure (0) + * TX_AGGRE: Indicates if the frame was part of an aggregate (1) or not (0) + * TX_ACK_REQUIRED: Indicates if the frame needed to get ack'ed (1) or not (0) + * WCID: The wireless client ID. + * MCS: The tx rate used during the last transmission of this frame, be it + * successful or not. + * PHYMODE: The phymode used for the transmission. */ #define TX_STA_FIFO 0x1718 #define TX_STA_FIFO_VALID FIELD32(0x00000001) @@ -1945,6 +1963,13 @@ struct mac_iveiv_entry { /* * Word1 + * ACK: 0: No Ack needed, 1: Ack needed + * NSEQ: 0: Don't assign hw sequence number, 1: Assign hw sequence number + * BW_WIN_SIZE: BA windows size of the recipient + * WIRELESS_CLI_ID: Client ID for WCID table access + * MPDU_TOTAL_BYTE_COUNT: Length of 802.11 frame + * PACKETID: Will be latched into the TX_STA_FIFO register once the according + * frame was processed. 0: Don't report tx status for this frame. */ #define TXWI_W1_ACK FIELD32(0x00000001) #define TXWI_W1_NSEQ FIELD32(0x00000002) |