Commit 2823c871 authored by Larry Finger's avatar Larry Finger Committed by Kalle Valo

b43: fix DMA error related regression with proprietary firmware

In commit 66cffd6d ("b43: fix transmit failure when VT is switched"),
a condition is noted where the network controller needs to be reset. Note
that this situation happens when running the open-source firmware
(http://netweb.ing.unibs.it/~openfwwf/), plus a number of other special
conditions.

for a different card model, it is reported that this change breaks
operation running the proprietary firmware
(https://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=153504546924558&w=2). Rather
than reverting the previous patch, the code is tweaked to avoid the
reset unless the open-source firmware is being used.

Fixes: 66cffd6d ("b43: fix transmit failure when VT is switched")
Cc: Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 4.18+
Cc: Taketo Kabe <kabe@sra-tohoku.co.jp>
Reported-and-tested-by: default avatarD. Prabhu <d.praabhu@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLarry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: default avatarKalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
parent 3341ba9f
......@@ -1518,13 +1518,15 @@ void b43_dma_handle_txstatus(struct b43_wldev *dev,
}
} else {
/* More than a single header/data pair were missed.
* Report this error, and reset the controller to
* Report this error. If running with open-source
* firmware, then reset the controller to
* revive operation.
*/
b43dbg(dev->wl,
"Out of order TX status report on DMA ring %d. Expected %d, but got %d\n",
ring->index, firstused, slot);
b43_controller_restart(dev, "Out of order TX");
if (dev->fw.opensource)
b43_controller_restart(dev, "Out of order TX");
return;
}
}
......
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