From c6d5d06e455b9965e300ae40c34fa2337e1aad0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Juuso Oikarinen <juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:47:47 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] wl1271: Remove busy-word checking
Remove busy-word checking to work around an SPI bug. To reduce the
chance of chipset-busy scenarios, increment the number of fixed busy
words.
Signed-off-by: Juuso Oikarinen <juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com>
Reviewed-by: Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271.h | 6 ++++--
drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_spi.c | 6 +++---
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271.h b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271.h
index 648223f67b54..e0ebb1fb2ada 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271.h
@@ -115,9 +115,11 @@ enum {
/*
* FIXME: for the wl1271, a busy word count of 1 here will result in a more
* optimal SPI interface. There is some SPI bug however, causing RXS time outs
- * with this mode occasionally on boot, so lets have two for now.
+ * with this mode occasionally on boot, so lets have three for now. A value of
+ * three should make sure, that the chipset will always be ready, though this
+ * will impact throughput and latencies slightly.
*/
-#define WL1271_BUSY_WORD_CNT 2
+#define WL1271_BUSY_WORD_CNT 3
#define WL1271_BUSY_WORD_LEN (WL1271_BUSY_WORD_CNT * sizeof(u32))
#define WL1271_ELP_HW_STATE_ASLEEP 0
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_spi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_spi.c
index 4800fdfd2373..3c5aa584574b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_spi.c
@@ -294,9 +294,9 @@ void wl1271_spi_raw_read(struct wl1271 *wl, int addr, void *buf,
spi_sync(wl->spi, &m);
- /* Check busy words */
- if (!(busy_buf[WL1271_BUSY_WORD_CNT - 1] & 0x1))
- wl1271_spi_read_busy(wl, buf, len);
+ /* FIXME: Check busy words, removed due to SPI bug */
+ /* if (!(busy_buf[WL1271_BUSY_WORD_CNT - 1] & 0x1))
+ wl1271_spi_read_busy(wl, buf, len); */
wl1271_dump(DEBUG_SPI, "spi_read cmd -> ", cmd, sizeof(*cmd));
wl1271_dump(DEBUG_SPI, "spi_read buf <- ", buf, len);
--
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