netdev - Re: [PATCH v5 1/9] wifi: rtw88: Clear RTW_FLAG_POWERON early in rtw_mac_power

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Date:   Wed, 12 Apr 2023 12:52:46 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
To:     Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com>
Cc:     linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        Yan-Hsuan Chuang <tony0620emma@...il.com>,
        Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org, Chris Morgan <macromorgan@...mail.com>,
        Nitin Gupta <nitin.gupta981@...il.com>,
        Neo Jou <neojou@...il.com>, Pkshih <pkshih@...ltek.com>,
        Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@...il.com>,
        Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        Pali Rohár <pali@...nel.org>,
        Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>,
        Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/9] wifi: rtw88: Clear RTW_FLAG_POWERON early in
 rtw_mac_power_switch()

Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com> wrote:

> The SDIO HCI implementation needs to know when the MAC is powered on.
> This is needed because 32-bit register access has to be split into 4x
> 8-bit register access when the MAC is not fully powered on or while
> powering off. When the MAC is powered on 32-bit register access can be
> used to reduce the number of transfers but splitting into 4x 8-bit
> register access still works in that case.
> 
> During the power on sequence is how RTW_FLAG_POWERON is only set when
> the power on sequence has completed successfully. During power off
> however RTW_FLAG_POWERON is set. This means that the upcoming SDIO HCI
> implementation does not know that it has to use 4x 8-bit register
> accessors. Clear the RTW_FLAG_POWERON flag early when powering off the
> MAC so the whole power off sequence is processed with RTW_FLAG_POWERON
> unset. This will make it possible to use the RTW_FLAG_POWERON flag in
> the upcoming SDIO HCI implementation.
> 
> Note that a failure in rtw_pwr_seq_parser() while applying
> chip->pwr_off_seq can theoretically result in the RTW_FLAG_POWERON
> flag being cleared while the chip is still powered on. However,
> depending on when the failure occurs in the power off sequence the
> chip may be on or off. Even the original approach of clearing
> RTW_FLAG_POWERON only when the power off sequence has been applied
> successfully could end up in some corner case where the chip is
> powered off but RTW_FLAG_POWERON was not cleared.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@...ltek.com>
> Signed-off-by: Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com>

9 patches applied to wireless-next.git, thanks.

6a92566088b1 wifi: rtw88: Clear RTW_FLAG_POWERON early in rtw_mac_power_switch()
65371a3f14e7 wifi: rtw88: sdio: Add HCI implementation for SDIO based chipsets
b722e5b130bc wifi: rtw88: mac: Support SDIO specific bits in the power on sequence
a5d25f9ff918 wifi: rtw88: main: Add the {cpwm,rpwm}_addr for SDIO based chipsets
02461d9368c5 wifi: rtw88: main: Reserve 8 bytes of extra TX headroom for SDIO cards
7d6d2dd326a8 mmc: sdio: add Realtek SDIO vendor ID and various wifi device IDs
095e62dd7427 wifi: rtw88: Add support for the SDIO based RTL8822BS chipset
6fdacb78f799 wifi: rtw88: Add support for the SDIO based RTL8822CS chipset
b2a777d68434 wifi: rtw88: Add support for the SDIO based RTL8821CS chipset

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20230405200729.632435-2-martin.blumenstingl@googlemail.com/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches