Re: [PATCH 6/7] net: wireless: wcn36xx: remove powersaving for wcn3620

On 10 February 2015 at 01:54, Bjorn Andersson [off-list ref] wrote:

On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 9:11 PM, Andy Green [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

WCN3620 powersaving mode is not stable.  Disable it if we're
on a wcn3620 chip type.

Signed-off-by: Andy Green <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/main.c |    4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/main.c
index c4178c7..569d45b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/main.c

@@ -924,6 +924,10 @@ static int wcn36xx_init_ieee80211(struct wcn36xx *wcn)
                IEEE80211_HW_AMPDU_AGGREGATION |
                IEEE80211_HW_TIMING_BEACON_ONLY;

+       /* 3620 powersaving currently unstable */
+       if (wcn->chip_version == WCN36XX_CHIP_3620)
+               wcn->hw->flags &= ~IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_PS;
+

Hi Andy,

I have the same problem (Data Abort Exception in wcnss) on 3680, this
with my wip smd code and a hacked up remoteproc-pil. I haven't spent
any effort on debugging this, but it looks like it's something related
to what we have ported to mainline (or lack thereof) rather than a
3620 specific issue.

Makes sense since I only have 3620, I assumed it's related to that.

However he can work for a while with powersaving on, but ping
latencies are +600-800ms and he's shaky.

Later I found something mac80211 generic scan preparation or post-scan
code (for scan initiated by wpa_supplicant) is able to stop wlan
traffic after a few goes even if the actual scan mode smd is not sent.

At that point I think a nice solution would be a donation of time from
guys who specialize in wcn for a living to come and hand out a pony or
two...

-Andy

Regards,
Bjorn