netdev - Re: [PATCH] brcmfmac: prevent watchdog from interfering with scanning and connecting

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Message-ID: <20140804165202.GG30282@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Mon, 4 Aug 2014 17:52:02 +0100
From:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
To:	"Fu, Zhonghui" <zhonghui.fu@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Arend van Spriel <arend@...adcom.com>, brudley@...adcom.com,
	Franky Lin <frankyl@...adcom.com>, meuleman@...adcom.com,
	linville@...driver.com, pieterpg@...adcom.com, dekim@...adcom.com,
	mcgrof@...not-panic.com, antonio@...n-mesh.com,
	johannes.berg@...el.com, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	brcm80211-dev-list@...adcom.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] brcmfmac: prevent watchdog from interfering with
	scanning and connecting

On Tue, Aug 05, 2014 at 12:36:49AM +0800, Fu, Zhonghui wrote:
> Hi, Arend
> 
> I investigated this issue, and its root cause is still that sdio
> controller can't receive interrupts from WiFi chip on sdio bus when
> sdio controller is in runtime suspend status. I am running 3.16-rc5
> linux kernel on ASUS T100TA tablet, and using sdhci-acpi driver.

That's the root cause.  I fixed this with the Freescale i.MX SD driver
which is now able to report pending SDIO interrupts while runtime PM
suspended.

Other host drivers probably need fixing too, or having runtime PM
disabled on them - if you can't receive SDIO interrupts while runtime
PM suspended, then entering runtime PM while you have a SDIO device
attached is a bug.

This is something for the MMC people to deal with rather than Arend.

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