2.6.28-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Felix Fietkau commit 8b0162a3dc5c30e862b7a73da29e32de3170f5e4 upstream. Noise floor calibration occasionally fails on Atheros hardware. This is not fatal and can happen if there's simply too much noise on the air. Ignoring the calibration error is the right thing to do here, because when the error is ignored, the hardware will still work, whereas if the error causes the driver to bail out of a bigger configuration function and does not configure the tx queues or the IMR (as is the case in reset.c), the hw no longer works properly until the next reset. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau Signed-off-by: John W. Linville Cc: Bob Copeland Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/phy.c | 4 +--- drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/reset.c | 4 +--- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/phy.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/phy.c @@ -2195,9 +2195,7 @@ static int ath5k_hw_rf5110_calibrate(str return ret; } - ret = ath5k_hw_noise_floor_calibration(ah, channel->center_freq); - if (ret) - return ret; + ath5k_hw_noise_floor_calibration(ah, channel->center_freq); /* * Re-enable RX/TX and beacons --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/reset.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/reset.c @@ -842,9 +842,7 @@ int ath5k_hw_reset(struct ath5k_hw *ah, * * XXX: Find an interval that's OK for all cards... */ - ret = ath5k_hw_noise_floor_calibration(ah, channel->center_freq); - if (ret) - return ret; + ath5k_hw_noise_floor_calibration(ah, channel->center_freq); /* * Reset queues and start beacon timers at the end of the reset routine -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/