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Message-ID: <ZNXlZymt59+Cykqd@francesco-nb.int.toradex.com>
Date:   Fri, 11 Aug 2023 09:38:15 +0200
From:   Francesco Dolcini <francesco@...cini.it>
To:     Neeraj sanjay kale <neeraj.sanjaykale@....com>
Cc:     Francesco Dolcini <francesco@...cini.it>,
        "marcel@...tmann.org" <marcel@...tmann.org>,
        "johan.hedberg@...il.com" <johan.hedberg@...il.com>,
        "luiz.dentz@...il.com" <luiz.dentz@...il.com>,
        Amitkumar Karwar <amitkumar.karwar@....com>,
        Rohit Fule <rohit.fule@....com>,
        Sherry Sun <sherry.sun@....com>,
        "linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org" <linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] Bluetooth: btnxpuart: Add support for IW624 chipset

Hello Neeraj,

On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 06:19:12AM +0000, Neeraj sanjay kale wrote:
> > > > > --- a/drivers/bluetooth/btnxpuart.c
> > > > > +++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btnxpuart.c
> > > > ...
> > > > > @@ -547,7 +553,7 @@ static int nxp_download_firmware(struct
> > > > > hci_dev
> > > > *hdev)
> > > > >       serdev_device_set_flow_control(nxpdev->serdev, false);
> > > > >       nxpdev->current_baudrate = HCI_NXP_PRI_BAUDRATE;
> > > > >
> > > > > -     /* Wait till FW is downloaded and CTS becomes low */
> > > > > +     /* Wait till FW is downloaded */
> > > > >       err = wait_event_interruptible_timeout(nxpdev-
> > >fw_dnld_done_wait_q,
> > > > >
> > > > > !test_bit(BTNXPUART_FW_DOWNLOADING,
> > > > >
> > > > > &nxpdev->tx_state), @@ -558,16 +564,11 @@ static int
> > > > nxp_download_firmware(struct hci_dev *hdev)
> > > > >       }
> > > > >
> > > > >       serdev_device_set_flow_control(nxpdev->serdev, true);
> > > > > -     err = serdev_device_wait_for_cts(nxpdev->serdev, 1, 60000);
> > > > > -     if (err < 0) {
> > > > > -             bt_dev_err(hdev, "CTS is still high. FW Download failed.");
> > > > > -             return err;
> > > > > -     }
> > > > this seems like an unrelated change, and it's moving from a 60secs
> > > > timeout polling CTS to nothing.
> > > >
> > > > What's the reason for this? Should be this a separate commit with a
> > > > proper explanation?
> > > >
> > > While working on integrating IW624 in btnxpuart driver, I observed
> > > that the first reset command was getting timed out, after FW download
> > > was complete 2 out of 10 times. On further timing analysis, I noticed
> > > that this wait for CTS code did not actually help much, since CTS is
> > > already low after FW download, and becomes high after few more
> > > milli-seconds, and then low again after FW is initialized.  So it was
> > > either adding a "wait for CTS high" followed by "wait for CTS low", or
> > simply increasing the sleep delay from 1000msec to 1200msec.
> > > I chose the later as it seemed more cleaner, and did the job
> > > perfectly, and tested all previously supported chipsets to make sure
> > > nothing is broke.  But you are right, I should add an explanation for
> > > this change in the commit message in the v2 patch.
> > 
> > This should be a separate commit, and probably it should have a fixes tag,
> > since this is solving a bug. I recently noted some bugs around this, I just did
> > not have the time to reproduce on the latest mainline kernel to report those.
> Sure I will revert this change and add the wait for CTS back. I will
> remove it later in a separate fixes patch.  Please do let us know if
> you encounter any issues here.

I would probably do the other way around, first the fix, and then the
IW624 addition. You can just send a single series with both patches.

BTW: your email client is somehow messing up the email, you should do
something on that regards, it makes more difficult to reply to your
emails.

Francesco