madwifi: allow ad-hoc mode with software based TSF merging (hardware merging can...
authornbd <nbd@3c298f89-4303-0410-b956-a3cf2f4a3e73>
Tue, 7 Oct 2008 01:39:38 +0000 (01:39 +0000)
committernbd <nbd@3c298f89-4303-0410-b956-a3cf2f4a3e73>
Tue, 7 Oct 2008 01:39:38 +0000 (01:39 +0000)
git-svn-id: svn://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/trunk@12883 3c298f89-4303-0410-b956-a3cf2f4a3e73

package/madwifi/patches/355-eap_auth_disassoc.patch
package/madwifi/patches/363-fix_turbo.patch
package/madwifi/patches/366-bstuck_thresh.patch
package/madwifi/patches/370-wdsvap.patch
package/madwifi/patches/374-nbtt_fix.patch
package/madwifi/patches/375-atim_tsf_update.patch
package/madwifi/patches/383-ibss_hostap.patch [new file with mode: 0644]
package/madwifi/patches/406-monitor_r3711.patch
package/madwifi/patches/408-changeset_r3337.patch
package/madwifi/patches/450-new_hal.patch

index e121dae..a3d8de4 100644 (file)
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
 
 --- a/ath/if_ath.c
 +++ b/ath/if_ath.c
-@@ -8322,6 +8322,14 @@
+@@ -8332,6 +8332,14 @@
  #endif
                                if (ts->ts_status & HAL_TXERR_XRETRY) {
                                        sc->sc_stats.ast_tx_xretries++;
index b3c7324..54fcd76 100644 (file)
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/ath/if_ath.c
 +++ b/ath/if_ath.c
-@@ -4915,7 +4915,7 @@
+@@ -4925,7 +4925,7 @@
         * capability info and arrange for a mode change
         * if needed.
         */
index ecf5dc9..6aa70d3 100644 (file)
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
  MODULE_PARM_DESC(autocreate, "Create ath device in "
                "[sta|ap|wds|adhoc|ahdemo|monitor] mode. defaults to sta, use "
                "'none' to disable");
-@@ -5062,7 +5066,7 @@
+@@ -5072,7 +5076,7 @@
                DPRINTF(sc, ATH_DEBUG_BEACON_PROC,
                        "Missed %u consecutive beacons (n_beacon=%u)\n",
                        sc->sc_bmisscount, n_beacon);
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
                        ATH_SCHEDULE_TQUEUE(&sc->sc_bstucktq, needmark);
                return;
        }
-@@ -5218,7 +5222,7 @@
+@@ -5228,7 +5232,7 @@
         *     check will be true, in which case return
         *     without resetting the driver.
         */
index d5307bb..0e4b3a8 100644 (file)
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
        /* override with driver methods */
        vap = &avp->av_vap;
        avp->av_newstate = vap->iv_newstate;
-@@ -4199,8 +4201,7 @@
+@@ -4209,8 +4211,7 @@
        if (ic->ic_opmode == IEEE80211_M_STA ||
            sc->sc_opmode == HAL_M_IBSS ||      /* NB: AHDEMO too */
            (sc->sc_nostabeacons) || sc->sc_scanning ||
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
                rfilt |= HAL_RX_FILTER_BEACON;
        if (sc->sc_nmonvaps > 0)
                rfilt |= (HAL_RX_FILTER_CONTROL | HAL_RX_FILTER_BEACON |
-@@ -9020,8 +9021,6 @@
+@@ -9030,8 +9031,6 @@
                 * set sc->beacons if we might need to restart
                   * them after ath_reset. */
                if (!sc->sc_beacons &&
index 99c13ee..d895943 100644 (file)
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/ath/if_ath.c
 +++ b/ath/if_ath.c
-@@ -5474,6 +5474,9 @@
+@@ -5484,6 +5484,9 @@
                ath_beacon_dturbo_config(vap, intval &
                                ~(HAL_BEACON_RESET_TSF | HAL_BEACON_ENA));
  #endif
index a8a05e0..534986b 100644 (file)
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  static int ath_desc_alloc(struct ath_softc *);
  static void ath_desc_free(struct ath_softc *);
  static void ath_desc_swap(struct ath_desc *);
-@@ -2783,6 +2784,72 @@
+@@ -2793,6 +2794,72 @@
        return 1;
  }
  
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
  /*
   * Reset the hardware w/o losing operational state.  This is
   * basically a more efficient way of doing ath_stop, ath_init,
-@@ -5282,6 +5349,7 @@
+@@ -5292,6 +5359,7 @@
        u_int64_t tsf, hw_tsf;
        u_int32_t tsftu, hw_tsftu;
        u_int32_t intval, nexttbtt = 0;
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
        int reset_tsf = 0;
  
        if (vap == NULL)
-@@ -5289,6 +5357,9 @@
+@@ -5299,6 +5367,9 @@
  
        ni = vap->iv_bss;
  
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
        hw_tsf = ath_hal_gettsf64(ah);
        tsf = le64_to_cpu(ni->ni_tstamp.tsf);
        hw_tsftu = hw_tsf >> 10;
-@@ -5478,15 +5549,27 @@
+@@ -5488,15 +5559,27 @@
                                <= ath_hal_sw_beacon_response_time)
                        nexttbtt += intval;
                sc->sc_nexttbtt = nexttbtt;
                sc->sc_bmisscount = 0;
                ath_hal_intrset(ah, sc->sc_imask);
 +
-+              if (ath_hw_check_atim(sc, 1, intval & HAL_BEACON_PERIOD)) {
++              if ((sc->sc_opmode == HAL_M_IBSS) && ath_hw_check_atim(sc, 1, intval & HAL_BEACON_PERIOD)) {
 +                      DPRINTF(sc, ATH_DEBUG_BEACON,
 +                              "fixed atim window after beacon init\n");
 +              }
        /* We print all debug messages here, in order to preserve the
         * time critical aspect of this function */
        DPRINTF(sc, ATH_DEBUG_BEACON,
-@@ -6389,6 +6472,11 @@
+@@ -6399,6 +6482,11 @@
                        DPRINTF(sc, ATH_DEBUG_BEACON, 
                                "Updated beacon timers\n");
                }
-+              if ((sc->sc_opmode == IEEE80211_M_IBSS) &&
++              if ((sc->sc_opmode == HAL_M_IBSS) &&
 +                              IEEE80211_ADDR_EQ(ni->ni_bssid, vap->iv_bss->ni_bssid) &&
 +                              ath_hw_check_atim(sc, 1, vap->iv_bss->ni_intval)) {
 +                      DPRINTF(sc, ATH_DEBUG_ANY, "Fixed ATIM window after beacon recv\n");
diff --git a/package/madwifi/patches/383-ibss_hostap.patch b/package/madwifi/patches/383-ibss_hostap.patch
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..b65c4af
--- /dev/null
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+--- a/ath/if_ath.c
++++ b/ath/if_ath.c
+@@ -1452,6 +1452,23 @@
+               sc->sc_nstavaps++;
+       else if (opmode == IEEE80211_M_MONITOR)
+               sc->sc_nmonvaps++;
++
++
++      /* Driving the HAL in IBSS sometimes adapts the TSF and other timing registers
++       * from received beacons/probes. If that happens, expected TX interrupts may
++       * not occur until next reset. Which triggers the "lost beacon" tasklet.
++       * Resulting effectively in not sending packets for minutes. Because that only
++       * happens in large mesh networks, this mode needs to be activated by a kernel
++       * module parameter: hostap_for_ibss=1. Note that using this mode has side
++       * effects. Such as not supressing beacons/probe answers randomly when
++       * receiving other node beacons. It's recommended to lower the beacon interval
++       * then. When using an IBSS-VAP together with an HOSTAP-VAP, you may also need
++       * to re-trigger IBSS beacon generation after creating the HOSTAP-VAP by
++       * issueing "iwpriv athX bintval 1000".
++       */
++      if ((flags & IEEE80211_NO_STABEACONS) && (ic->ic_opmode == IEEE80211_M_IBSS))
++              sc->sc_opmode = HAL_M_HOSTAP;
++      else
+       /*
+        * Adhoc demo mode is a pseudo mode; to the HAL it's
+        * just IBSS mode and the driver doesn't use management
+@@ -4279,7 +4296,8 @@
+       if (ic->ic_opmode != IEEE80211_M_HOSTAP && (dev->flags & IFF_PROMISC))
+               rfilt |= HAL_RX_FILTER_PROM;
+       if (ic->ic_opmode == IEEE80211_M_STA ||
+-          sc->sc_opmode == HAL_M_IBSS ||      /* NB: AHDEMO too */
++          ic->ic_opmode == IEEE80211_M_IBSS ||
++          ic->ic_opmode == IEEE80211_M_AHDEMO ||
+           (sc->sc_nostabeacons) || sc->sc_scanning ||
+               (ic->ic_opmode == IEEE80211_M_HOSTAP))
+               rfilt |= HAL_RX_FILTER_BEACON;
+@@ -6433,6 +6451,33 @@
+ }
+ /*
++ * Advances (forwards/adds) a microsecond value to current chip's TSF registers
++ */
++
++/* from ath_info.c */
++#define AR5K_TSF_L32_5210             0x806c  /* TSF (lower 32 bits) */
++#define AR5K_TSF_L32_5211             0x804c
++#define AR5K_TSF_L32                  (ar_device(ah->ah_sc->devid) == 5210 ? \
++                                      AR5K_TSF_L32_5210 : AR5K_TSF_L32_5211)
++
++#define AR5K_TSF_U32_5210             0x8070
++#define AR5K_TSF_U32_5211             0x8050
++#define AR5K_TSF_U32                  (ar_device(ah->ah_sc->devid) == 5210 ? \
++                                      AR5K_TSF_U32_5210 : AR5K_TSF_U32_5211)
++
++static inline void ath_hal_settsf64(struct ath_hal *ah, u_int64_t tsf_adv)
++{
++      ATH_HAL_LOCK_IRQ(ah->ah_sc);
++      ath_hal_set_function(__func__);
++      tsf_adv += ah->ah_getTsf64(ah);
++      OS_REG_WRITE(ah, AR5K_TSF_L32, 0ll);
++      OS_REG_WRITE(ah, AR5K_TSF_U32, (tsf_adv >> 32) & 0xffffffffll);
++      OS_REG_WRITE(ah, AR5K_TSF_L32, (tsf_adv >> 00) & 0xffffffffll);
++      ath_hal_set_function(NULL);
++      ATH_HAL_UNLOCK_IRQ(ah->ah_sc);
++}
++
++/*
+  * Intercept management frames to collect beacon RSSI data and to do
+  * ibss merges. This function is called for all management frames,
+  * including those belonging to other BSS.
+@@ -6485,10 +6530,19 @@
+                       DPRINTF(sc, ATH_DEBUG_BEACON, 
+                               "Updated beacon timers\n");
+               }
+-              if ((sc->sc_opmode == HAL_M_IBSS) &&
+-                              IEEE80211_ADDR_EQ(ni->ni_bssid, vap->iv_bss->ni_bssid) &&
+-                              ath_hw_check_atim(sc, 1, vap->iv_bss->ni_intval)) {
+-                      DPRINTF(sc, ATH_DEBUG_ANY, "Fixed ATIM window after beacon recv\n");
++              if ((vap->iv_opmode == IEEE80211_M_IBSS) &&
++                              (sc->sc_opmode == HAL_M_HOSTAP) &&
++                              IEEE80211_ADDR_EQ(ni->ni_bssid, vap->iv_bss->ni_bssid)) {
++                      /* In this mode, we drive the HAL in HOSTAP mode. Hence
++                       * we do the IBSS merging in software. Also do not merge
++                       * if the difference it too small. Otherwise we are playing
++                       * tsf-pingpong with other vendors drivers */
++                      beacon_tsf = le64_to_cpu(ni->ni_tstamp.tsf);
++                      if (beacon_tsf > rtsf + 0xffff) {
++                              ath_hal_settsf64(sc->sc_ah, beacon_tsf - rtsf);
++                              ieee80211_ibss_merge(ni);
++                      }
++                      break;
+               }
+               /* NB: Fall Through */
+       case IEEE80211_FC0_SUBTYPE_PROBE_RESP:
+@@ -6561,6 +6615,10 @@
+ #endif
+                       if (do_merge)
+                               ieee80211_ibss_merge(ni);
++
++                      if ((sc->sc_opmode == HAL_M_IBSS) &&
++                                      ath_hw_check_atim(sc, 1, vap->iv_bss->ni_intval))
++                              DPRINTF(sc, ATH_DEBUG_ANY, "Fixed ATIM window after beacon recv\n");
+               }
+               break;
+       }
index 74004ad..1304b97 100644 (file)
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/ath/if_ath.c
 +++ b/ath/if_ath.c
-@@ -6409,7 +6409,7 @@
+@@ -6440,7 +6440,7 @@
  
        /* Never copy the SKB, as it is ours on the RX side, and this is the 
         * last process on the TX side and we only modify our own headers. */
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
        if (tskb == NULL) {
                DPRINTF(sc, ATH_DEBUG_ANY,
                        "Dropping; ath_skb_removepad failed!\n");
-@@ -6417,6 +6417,8 @@
+@@ -6448,6 +6448,8 @@
        }
        
        ieee80211_input_monitor(ic, tskb, bf, tx, tsf, sc);
index 5b22565..8047e2e 100644 (file)
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
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 --- a/ath/if_ath.c
 +++ b/ath/if_ath.c
-@@ -3029,7 +3029,7 @@
+@@ -3059,7 +3059,7 @@
        struct ath_softc *sc = dev->priv;
        struct ath_hal *ah = sc->sc_ah;
        struct ieee80211_phy_params *ph = (struct ieee80211_phy_params *)
index b9e2454..60a7dc3 100644 (file)
        /*
         * Check if the MAC has multi-rate retry support.
         * We do this by trying to setup a fake extended
-@@ -7382,7 +7390,7 @@
+@@ -7453,7 +7461,7 @@
        if (qtype == HAL_TX_QUEUE_UAPSD)
                qi.tqi_qflags = HAL_TXQ_TXDESCINT_ENABLE;
        else
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