linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16.y-ckt 110/144] iwlwifi: dvm: run INIT firmware again upon .start()

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Date:	Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:31:35 +0100
From:	Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com
Cc:	Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@...el.com>,
	Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16.y-ckt 110/144] iwlwifi: dvm: run INIT firmware again upon .start()

3.16.7-ckt10 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@...el.com>

commit 9c8928f5176766bec79f272bd47b7124e11cccbd upstream.

The assumption before this patch was that we don't need to
run again the INIT firmware after the system booted. The
INIT firmware runs calibrations which impact the physical
layer's behavior.
Users reported that it may be helpful to run these
calibrations again every time the interface is brought up.
The penatly is minimal, since the calibrations run fast.
This fixes:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94341

Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/dev.h   | 1 -
 drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/ucode.c | 5 -----
 2 files changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/dev.h b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/dev.h
index a6f22c32a279..3811878ab9cd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/dev.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/dev.h
@@ -708,7 +708,6 @@ struct iwl_priv {
 	unsigned long reload_jiffies;
 	int reload_count;
 	bool ucode_loaded;
-	bool init_ucode_run;		/* Don't run init uCode again */
 
 	u8 plcp_delta_threshold;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/ucode.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/ucode.c
index d5cee1530597..80b8094deed1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/ucode.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/ucode.c
@@ -418,9 +418,6 @@ int iwl_run_init_ucode(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 	if (!priv->fw->img[IWL_UCODE_INIT].sec[0].len)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (priv->init_ucode_run)
-		return 0;
-
 	iwl_init_notification_wait(&priv->notif_wait, &calib_wait,
 				   calib_complete, ARRAY_SIZE(calib_complete),
 				   iwlagn_wait_calib, priv);
@@ -440,8 +437,6 @@ int iwl_run_init_ucode(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 	 */
 	ret = iwl_wait_notification(&priv->notif_wait, &calib_wait,
 					UCODE_CALIB_TIMEOUT);
-	if (!ret)
-		priv->init_ucode_run = true;
 
 	goto out;
 
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