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2009-01-12rtl8187: Fix module so that rmmod/insmod does not errorJohannes Berg
Due to misunderstanding of the returned values allowed for the tx callback of mac80211, rtl8187 was using skb's that had been freed. This problem was triggered when the module was sujected to a rmmod/insmod cycle. After that was fixed, the modules would not work after the rmmod/insmod cycle until the USB device was reset. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-01-12rtl8180: Fix to add STA modeLarry Finger
To be compatible with mac80211 following "mac80211: only create default STA interface if supported", rtl8180 needs to set NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION in interface_modes. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Reported-by: Fabio Rossi <rossi.f@inwind.it> Tested-by: Piter PUNK <piterpunk@unitednerds.org> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-19rtl8187: Fix crash on unload when using SLUB debugHerton Ronaldo Krzesinski
Reported-by: Hin-Tak Leung <htl10@users.sourceforge.net> After the code was modified to use urb anchors ("rtl8187: Use usb anchor facilities to manage urbs"), rtl8187 began generating an intermittent GPF on shutdown when using SLUB with debugging enabled. Furthermore, rebooting the system with a ping running caused a GPF every time. There are two problems: (1) incorrect locking in the rtl8187_rx_cb() routine, a pre-existing bug that apparently had not been triggered before, and (2) duplicate freeing of receive skbs that was probably introduced with the change to anchors. Signed-off-by: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton@mandriva.com.br> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Tested-by: Hin-Tak Leung <htl10@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-19rtl8187: Fix error returnsLarry Finger
There are two places in the rtl8187 code where a routine was returning zero (OK) when it should have been returning an error. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Acked-by: Hin-Tak Leung <htl10@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-12rtl8187: Use usb anchor facilities to manage urbsLarry Finger
When SLUB debugging is enabled in the kernel, and the boot command includes the option "slub_debug=P", rtl8187 encounters a GPF due to a read-after-free of a urb. Following the example of changes in p54usb to fix the same problem, the code has been modified to use the usb_anchor_urb() method. With this change, the USB core handles the freeing of urb's. This patch fixes the problem reported in Kernel Bugzilla #12185 (http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12185). Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Tested-by: Hin-Tak Leung <htl10@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-12rtl8187: Improve wireless statistics for RTL8187Larry Finger
The current wireless statistics for the RTL8187 poorly indicate the signal strength and quality. With testing, I found that the AGC value is inversely correlated with the strength as in the RTL8187B. By implementing a similar calculation, much more code becomes common to the two devices. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Tested by: Martín Ernesto Barreyro <barreyromartin@gmail.com> Acked-by: Hin-Tak Leung <htl10@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-05rtl8187: fix retry count passed in rtl8187_txherton
I mistakenly changed retry count passed in rtl8187_tx in previous change "rtl8187: feedback transmitted packets using tx close descriptor for 8187B". For 8187 it should represent the number of retries (retry count limit). As explained by Johannes Berg, .count represents the number of tries (not retries), and retries = tries - 1. Signed-off-by: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton@mandriva.com.br> Tested-by: Hin-Tak Leung <htl10@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-11-26rtl8187: Fix transmission count sent to mac80211Larry Finger
In the commit entitled "mac80211/drivers: rewrite the rate control API", the meaning of the packet transmit count was changed from the number of retries to the total number. In driver rtl8187, this change was missed. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Acked-by: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton@mandriva.com.br> Tested-by: Hin-Tak Leung <htl10@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-11-25rtl8187: Remove module warning and dependence on CONFIG_EXPERIMENTALLarry Finger
After considerable testing, the initial fears that the driver might damage some flavors of RTL8187B hardware seem to be groundless. Accordingly, the logged warning is removed. In addition, Kconfig is changed to remove the dependence on EXPERIMENTAL. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger> Acked-by: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton@mandriva.com.br> Acked-by: Hin-Tak Leung <htl10@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-11-25rtl8187: feedback transmitted packets using tx close descriptor for 8187BHerton Ronaldo Krzesinski
Realtek 8187B has a receive command queue to feedback beacon interrupt and transmitted packet status. Use it to feedback mac80211 about status of transmitted packets. Unfortunately in the course of testing I found that the sequence number reported by hardware includes entire sequence control in a 12 bit only field, so a workaround is done to check only lowest bits. Tested-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Tested-by: Hin-Tak Leung <htl10@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton@mandriva.com.br> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-11-25rtl8187: implement conf_tx callback to configure tx queuesHerton Ronaldo Krzesinski
Add conf_tx callback and use it to configure tx queues of 8187L/8187B. Tested-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Tested-by: Hin-Tak Leung <htl10@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton@mandriva.com.br> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-11-25rtl8187: fix 8187B throughput regressionHerton Ronaldo Krzesinski
Hin-Tak Leung reported that after the change "rtl8187: add short slot handling for 8187B" his RTL8187B started to give low throughput on network transfers. Turns out that the SIFS setting used isn't ok, it doesn't look to be the real aSIFSTime, using the "magical" 0x22 value like on other 818x variants as the vendor does too fixes the issue. Tested-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Tested-by: Hin-Tak Leung <htl10@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton@mandriva.com.br> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-11-21rtl8187: Update file authorship in commentsLarry Finger
Modify the file comments to reflect the current maintainers. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Acked-by: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton@mandriva.com.br> Acked-by: Hin-Tak Leung <htl10@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-11-21rtl8180: adapt for deprecated IEEE80211_CONF_SHORT_SLOT_TIME flagJohn W. Linville
This updates rtl8180 handling for short slot after "mac80211: fix short slot handling". Only rtl8180_rtl8225 actually had code for handling short slot times, so the other RF devices are untouched by this change. Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-11-21Move all rtl818x files to a common directory.Larry Finger
This change improves the maintainability of these drivers. No functionality is changed. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>