netdev - Re: [wpan-next v2 08/27] net: ieee802154: Drop symbol duration settings when the core does it already

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Message-ID: <CAB_54W5_x88zVgSJep=yK5WVjPvcWMy8dmyOJWcjy=5o0jCy0w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 13 Jan 2022 18:34:00 -0500
From:   Alexander Aring <alex.aring@...il.com>
To:     Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
Cc:     Stefan Schmidt <stefan@...enfreihafen.org>,
        linux-wpan - ML <linux-wpan@...r.kernel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "open list:NETWORKING [GENERAL]" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Michael Hennerich <michael.hennerich@...log.com>,
        Harry Morris <h.morris@...coda.com>,
        Varka Bhadram <varkabhadram@...il.com>,
        Xue Liu <liuxuenetmail@...il.com>, Alan Ott <alan@...nal11.us>,
        David Girault <david.girault@...vo.com>,
        Romuald Despres <romuald.despres@...vo.com>,
        Frederic Blain <frederic.blain@...vo.com>,
        Nicolas Schodet <nico@...fr.eu.org>,
        Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>,
        "linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org Wireless" 
        <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [wpan-next v2 08/27] net: ieee802154: Drop symbol duration
 settings when the core does it already

Hi,

On Thu, 13 Jan 2022 at 06:16, Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Alexander,
>
> alex.aring@...il.com wrote on Wed, 12 Jan 2022 17:26:14 -0500:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Wed, 12 Jan 2022 at 12:33, Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > The core now knows how to set the symbol duration in a few cases, when
> > > drivers correctly advertise the protocols used on each channel. For
> > > these drivers, there is no more need to bother with symbol duration, so
> > > just drop the duplicated code.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c | 1 -
> > >  drivers/net/ieee802154/mcr20a.c | 2 --
> > >  2 files changed, 3 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c b/drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c
> > > index 82b2a173bdbd..d3a9e4fe05f4 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c
> > > @@ -2977,7 +2977,6 @@ static void ca8210_hw_setup(struct ieee802154_hw *ca8210_hw)
> > >         ca8210_hw->phy->cca.mode = NL802154_CCA_ENERGY_CARRIER;
> > >         ca8210_hw->phy->cca.opt = NL802154_CCA_OPT_ENERGY_CARRIER_AND;
> > >         ca8210_hw->phy->cca_ed_level = -9800;
> > > -       ca8210_hw->phy->symbol_duration = 16 * 1000;
> > >         ca8210_hw->phy->lifs_period = 40;
> > >         ca8210_hw->phy->sifs_period = 12;
> > >         ca8210_hw->flags =
> > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ieee802154/mcr20a.c b/drivers/net/ieee802154/mcr20a.c
> > > index 8aa87e9bf92e..da2ab19cb5ee 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/net/ieee802154/mcr20a.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/net/ieee802154/mcr20a.c
> > > @@ -975,7 +975,6 @@ static void mcr20a_hw_setup(struct mcr20a_local *lp)
> > >
> > >         dev_dbg(printdev(lp), "%s\n", __func__);
> > >
> > > -       phy->symbol_duration = 16 * 1000;
> > >         phy->lifs_period = 40;
> > >         phy->sifs_period = 12;
> > >
> > > @@ -1010,7 +1009,6 @@ static void mcr20a_hw_setup(struct mcr20a_local *lp)
> > >         phy->current_page = 0;
> > >         /* MCR20A default reset value */
> > >         phy->current_channel = 20;
> > > -       phy->symbol_duration = 16 * 1000;
> > >         phy->supported.tx_powers = mcr20a_powers;
> > >         phy->supported.tx_powers_size = ARRAY_SIZE(mcr20a_powers);
> > >         phy->cca_ed_level = phy->supported.cca_ed_levels[75];
> >
> > What's about the atrf86230 driver?
>
> I couldn't find reliable information about what this meant:
>
>         /* SUB:0 and BPSK:0 -> BPSK-20 */
>         /* SUB:1 and BPSK:0 -> BPSK-40 */
>         /* SUB:0 and BPSK:1 -> OQPSK-100/200/400 */
>         /* SUB:1 and BPSK:1 -> OQPSK-250/500/1000 */
>
> None of these comments match the spec so I don't know what to put
> there. If you know what these protocols are, I will immediately
> provide this information into the driver and ensure the core handles
> these durations properly before dropping the symbol_durations settings
> from the code.

I think those are from the transceiver datasheets (which are free to
access). Can you not simply merge them or is there a conflict?

- Alex