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2009-05-18Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c
2009-05-11rtl8187: use DMA-aware buffers with usb_control_msgJohn W. Linville
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-05-06mac80211: unify config_interface and bss_info_changedJohannes Berg
The config_interface method is a little strange, it contains the BSSID and beacon updates, while bss_info_changed contains most other BSS information for each interface. This patch removes config_interface and rolls all the information it previously passed to drivers into bss_info_changed. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-04-22rtl8187: Implement TX/RX blink for LEDLarry Finger
The following patch implements some control over the LED on RTL8187B and RTL8187L devices. Triggers are registered for TX and RX. Whenever the trigger event occurs, the LED is turned off for 1/20 second, then turned back on. Note: For those RTL8187X devices that are built into the computer and have a LED that is expected to be controlled with a radio switch, this patch will not operate that LED. That will take a separate patch to be prepared later. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Signed-off-by: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton@mandriva.com.br> Tested-by: Hin-Tak Leung <htl10@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-04-22rtl8187: Remove the "8187B chip detected" message when probing RTL8187B cardsGábor Stefanik
This message appears to be nothing more than a leftover of the experimental-8187B era. Also, we print the HW type in the hwaddr line, making this message reduntant. And it's definitely not important enough to be a KERN_WARNING. Signed-off-by: Gábor Stefanik <netrolller.3d@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-02-25Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/orinoco.c
2009-02-23rtl8187: New USB ID's for RTL8187LLarry Finger
Add new USB ID codes. These come from two postings on forums and mailing lists, and four are derived from the .inf that accompanies the latest Realtek Windows driver for the RTL8187L. Thanks to Viktor Ilijašić <viktor.ilijasic@gmail.com> and Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@gmail.com> for reporting these new ID's. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-02-03Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next-2.6
2009-01-29rtl8187: Fix driver to return TX retry info for RTL8187LLarry Finger
Current code for the RTL8187 is not returning valid retry information, thus the rate-setting mechanism is not functioning. As a further complication, this info is only obtained by reading a register, which cannot be read while in interrupt context. This patch implements the TX status return to mac80211 through the use of a work queue. One additional problem is that the driver currently enables the rate fallback mechanism of the device, which conflicts with the mac80211 rate-setting algorithm. This version of the patch disables rate fallback. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Tested-by: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton@mandriva.com.br> Tested-by: Martín Ernesto Barreyro <barreyromartin@gmail.com> Acked-by: Hin-Tak Leung <htl10@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-01-29rtl8187: Increase receive queue depthLarry Finger
The receive queue depth in rtl8187 may not be long enough to keep the pipe full. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-01-29rtl8187: Fix locking of private dataLarry Finger
In rtl8187_add_interface(), the mutex that protects the data in struct rtl8187_priv does not include all references to that structure. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-01-29rtl8187: Fix error in setting OFDM power settings for RTL8187LLarry Finger
After reports of poor performance, a review of the latest vendor driver (rtl8187_linux_26.1025.0328.2007) for RTL8187L devices was undertaken. A difference was found in the code used to index the OFDM power tables. When the Linux driver was changed, my unit works at a much greater range than before. I think this fixes Bugzilla #12380 and has been tested by at least two other users. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Tested-by: Martín Ernesto Barreyro <barreyromartin@gmail.com> Cc: Stable <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-01-23rtl8187: Add termination packet to prevent stallLarry Finger
The RTL8187 and RTL8187B devices can stall unless an explicit termination packet is sent. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-01-12rtl8187: Fix module so that rmmod/insmod does not errorJohannes Berg
Due to misunderstanding of the returned values allowed for the tx callback of mac80211, rtl8187 was using skb's that had been freed. This problem was triggered when the module was sujected to a rmmod/insmod cycle. After that was fixed, the modules would not work after the rmmod/insmod cycle until the USB device was reset. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-01-12rtl8180: Fix to add STA modeLarry Finger
To be compatible with mac80211 following "mac80211: only create default STA interface if supported", rtl8180 needs to set NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION in interface_modes. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Reported-by: Fabio Rossi <rossi.f@inwind.it> Tested-by: Piter PUNK <piterpunk@unitednerds.org> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-19rtl8187: Fix crash on unload when using SLUB debugHerton Ronaldo Krzesinski
Reported-by: Hin-Tak Leung <htl10@users.sourceforge.net> After the code was modified to use urb anchors ("rtl8187: Use usb anchor facilities to manage urbs"), rtl8187 began generating an intermittent GPF on shutdown when using SLUB with debugging enabled. Furthermore, rebooting the system with a ping running caused a GPF every time. There are two problems: (1) incorrect locking in the rtl8187_rx_cb() routine, a pre-existing bug that apparently had not been triggered before, and (2) duplicate freeing of receive skbs that was probably introduced with the change to anchors. Signed-off-by: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton@mandriva.com.br> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Tested-by: Hin-Tak Leung <htl10@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-19rtl8187: Fix error returnsLarry Finger
There are two places in the rtl8187 code where a routine was returning zero (OK) when it should have been returning an error. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Acked-by: Hin-Tak Leung <htl10@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-12rtl8187: Use usb anchor facilities to manage urbsLarry Finger
When SLUB debugging is enabled in the kernel, and the boot command includes the option "slub_debug=P", rtl8187 encounters a GPF due to a read-after-free of a urb. Following the example of changes in p54usb to fix the same problem, the code has been modified to use the usb_anchor_urb() method. With this change, the USB core handles the freeing of urb's. This patch fixes the problem reported in Kernel Bugzilla #12185 (http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12185). Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Tested-by: Hin-Tak Leung <htl10@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-12rtl8187: Improve wireless statistics for RTL8187Larry Finger
The current wireless statistics for the RTL8187 poorly indicate the signal strength and quality. With testing, I found that the AGC value is inversely correlated with the strength as in the RTL8187B. By implementing a similar calculation, much more code becomes common to the two devices. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Tested by: Martín Ernesto Barreyro <barreyromartin@gmail.com> Acked-by: Hin-Tak Leung <htl10@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-05rtl8187: fix retry count passed in rtl8187_txherton
I mistakenly changed retry count passed in rtl8187_tx in previous change "rtl8187: feedback transmitted packets using tx close descriptor for 8187B". For 8187 it should represent the number of retries (retry count limit). As explained by Johannes Berg, .count represents the number of tries (not retries), and retries = tries - 1. Signed-off-by: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton@mandriva.com.br> Tested-by: Hin-Tak Leung <htl10@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-11-26rtl8187: Fix transmission count sent to mac80211Larry Finger
In the commit entitled "mac80211/drivers: rewrite the rate control API", the meaning of the packet transmit count was changed from the number of retries to the total number. In driver rtl8187, this change was missed. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Acked-by: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton@mandriva.com.br> Tested-by: Hin-Tak Leung <htl10@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-11-25rtl8187: Remove module warning and dependence on CONFIG_EXPERIMENTALLarry Finger
After considerable testing, the initial fears that the driver might damage some flavors of RTL8187B hardware seem to be groundless. Accordingly, the logged warning is removed. In addition, Kconfig is changed to remove the dependence on EXPERIMENTAL. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger> Acked-by: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton@mandriva.com.br> Acked-by: Hin-Tak Leung <htl10@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-11-25rtl8187: feedback transmitted packets using tx close descriptor for 8187BHerton Ronaldo Krzesinski
Realtek 8187B has a receive command queue to feedback beacon interrupt and transmitted packet status. Use it to feedback mac80211 about status of transmitted packets. Unfortunately in the course of testing I found that the sequence number reported by hardware includes entire sequence control in a 12 bit only field, so a workaround is done to check only lowest bits. Tested-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Tested-by: Hin-Tak Leung <htl10@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton@mandriva.com.br> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-11-25rtl8187: implement conf_tx callback to configure tx queuesHerton Ronaldo Krzesinski
Add conf_tx callback and use it to configure tx queues of 8187L/8187B. Tested-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Tested-by: Hin-Tak Leung <htl10@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton@mandriva.com.br> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-11-25rtl8187: fix 8187B throughput regressionHerton Ronaldo Krzesinski
Hin-Tak Leung reported that after the change "rtl8187: add short slot handling for 8187B" his RTL8187B started to give low throughput on network transfers. Turns out that the SIFS setting used isn't ok, it doesn't look to be the real aSIFSTime, using the "magical" 0x22 value like on other 818x variants as the vendor does too fixes the issue. Tested-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Tested-by: Hin-Tak Leung <htl10@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton@mandriva.com.br> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-11-21rtl8187: Update file authorship in commentsLarry Finger
Modify the file comments to reflect the current maintainers. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Acked-by: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton@mandriva.com.br> Acked-by: Hin-Tak Leung <htl10@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-11-21rtl8180: adapt for deprecated IEEE80211_CONF_SHORT_SLOT_TIME flagJohn W. Linville
This updates rtl8180 handling for short slot after "mac80211: fix short slot handling". Only rtl8180_rtl8225 actually had code for handling short slot times, so the other RF devices are untouched by this change. Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-11-21Move all rtl818x files to a common directory.Larry Finger
This change improves the maintainability of these drivers. No functionality is changed. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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