From d4d5dc3d6f86cc70f08e45b840f3e681588d2718 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 00:31:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ath9k: do not limit the chainmask to 1 for legacy mode
Restricting the chainmask to 1 for legacy mode disables useful features
such as MRC, and it reduces the available transmit power.
I can't think of a good reason to do this in legacy mode, so let's just
get rid of that code.
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h | 1 -
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c | 32 ------------------------
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/virtual.c | 1 -
3 files changed, 34 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
index 9fd95191eebc..2c31f5142eda 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
@@ -675,7 +675,6 @@ void ath9k_deinit_device(struct ath_softc *sc);
void ath9k_set_hw_capab(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
void ath9k_update_ichannel(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
struct ath9k_channel *ichan);
-void ath_update_chainmask(struct ath_softc *sc, int is_ht);
int ath_set_channel(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
struct ath9k_channel *hchan);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
index cb53fbb951f1..8a1691db166d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
@@ -538,32 +538,6 @@ set_timer:
}
}
-/*
- * Update tx/rx chainmask. For legacy association,
- * hard code chainmask to 1x1, for 11n association, use
- * the chainmask configuration, for bt coexistence, use
- * the chainmask configuration even in legacy mode.
- */
-void ath_update_chainmask(struct ath_softc *sc, int is_ht)
-{
- struct ath_hw *ah = sc->sc_ah;
- struct ath_common *common = ath9k_hw_common(ah);
-
- if ((sc->sc_flags & SC_OP_OFFCHANNEL) || is_ht ||
- (ah->btcoex_hw.scheme != ATH_BTCOEX_CFG_NONE)) {
- common->tx_chainmask = ah->caps.tx_chainmask;
- common->rx_chainmask = ah->caps.rx_chainmask;
- } else {
- common->tx_chainmask = 1;
- common->rx_chainmask = 1;
- }
-
- ath_dbg(common, ATH_DBG_CONFIG,
- "tx chmask: %d, rx chmask: %d\n",
- common->tx_chainmask,
- common->rx_chainmask);
-}
-
static void ath_node_attach(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ieee80211_sta *sta)
{
struct ath_node *an;
@@ -1679,8 +1653,6 @@ static int ath9k_config(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u32 changed)
/* XXX: remove me eventualy */
ath9k_update_ichannel(sc, hw, &sc->sc_ah->channels[pos]);
- ath_update_chainmask(sc, conf_is_ht(conf));
-
/* update survey stats for the old channel before switching */
spin_lock_irqsave(&common->cc_lock, flags);
ath_update_survey_stats(sc);
@@ -1912,10 +1884,6 @@ static void ath9k_bss_info_changed(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
/* Set aggregation protection mode parameters */
sc->config.ath_aggr_prot = 0;
- /* Only legacy IBSS for now */
- if (vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC)
- ath_update_chainmask(sc, 0);
-
ath_dbg(common, ATH_DBG_CONFIG, "BSSID: %pM aid: 0x%x\n",
common->curbssid, common->curaid);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/virtual.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/virtual.c
index fbfbc8239971..2dc7095e56d1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/virtual.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/virtual.c
@@ -288,7 +288,6 @@ void ath9k_wiphy_chan_work(struct work_struct *work)
/* sync hw configuration for hw code */
common->hw = aphy->hw;
- ath_update_chainmask(sc, sc->chan_is_ht);
if (ath_set_channel(sc, aphy->hw,
&sc->sc_ah->channels[sc->chan_idx]) < 0) {
printk(KERN_DEBUG "ath9k: Failed to set channel for new "
--
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