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authorAvri Altman <avri.altman@intel.com>2013-07-09 01:42:17 +0300
committerJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>2013-07-31 11:04:49 +0200
commita2d7b870d0c99abefe7c302a92f62f0a9aced3b3 (patch)
treeb4e42cca1dd927ed8160d8c31391b79489b2ec25 /drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm
parent26e05cc32d4dab8ad939fd1318bc470d737a20ca (diff)
iwlwifi: mvm: new api to get signal strength
A new API that replaces the rx signal strength calculation via agc & rssi. The energy is now calculated outside the driver and transferred by the fw. Signed-off-by: Avri Altman <avri.altman@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/fw-api.h8
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/rx.c41
2 files changed, 38 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/fw-api.h b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/fw-api.h
index 44614f5e4485..28cab821c9f4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/fw-api.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/fw-api.h
@@ -768,6 +768,14 @@ struct iwl_phy_context_cmd {
} __packed; /* PHY_CONTEXT_CMD_API_VER_1 */
#define IWL_RX_INFO_PHY_CNT 8
+#define IWL_RX_INFO_ENERGY_ANT_ABC_IDX 1
+#define IWL_RX_INFO_ENERGY_ANT_A_MSK 0x000000ff
+#define IWL_RX_INFO_ENERGY_ANT_B_MSK 0x0000ff00
+#define IWL_RX_INFO_ENERGY_ANT_C_MSK 0x00ff0000
+#define IWL_RX_INFO_ENERGY_ANT_A_POS 0
+#define IWL_RX_INFO_ENERGY_ANT_B_POS 8
+#define IWL_RX_INFO_ENERGY_ANT_C_POS 16
+
#define IWL_RX_INFO_AGC_IDX 1
#define IWL_RX_INFO_RSSI_AB_IDX 2
#define IWL_OFDM_AGC_A_MSK 0x0000007f
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/rx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/rx.c
index e4930d5027d2..c8e4af23d04c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/rx.c
@@ -124,10 +124,6 @@ static void iwl_mvm_pass_packet_to_mac80211(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
ieee80211_rx_ni(mvm->hw, skb);
}
-/*
- * iwl_mvm_calc_rssi - calculate the rssi in dBm
- * @phy_info: the phy information for the coming packet
- */
static int iwl_mvm_calc_rssi(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
struct iwl_rx_phy_info *phy_info)
{
@@ -136,12 +132,6 @@ static int iwl_mvm_calc_rssi(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
u32 agc_a, agc_b, max_agc;
u32 val;
- /* Find max rssi among 2 possible receivers.
- * These values are measured by the Digital Signal Processor (DSP).
- * They should stay fairly constant even as the signal strength varies,
- * if the radio's Automatic Gain Control (AGC) is working right.
- * AGC value (see below) will provide the "interesting" info.
- */
val = le32_to_cpu(phy_info->non_cfg_phy[IWL_RX_INFO_AGC_IDX]);
agc_a = (val & IWL_OFDM_AGC_A_MSK) >> IWL_OFDM_AGC_A_POS;
agc_b = (val & IWL_OFDM_AGC_B_MSK) >> IWL_OFDM_AGC_B_POS;
@@ -170,6 +160,32 @@ static int iwl_mvm_calc_rssi(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
}
/*
+ * iwl_mvm_get_signal_strength - use new rx PHY INFO API
+ */
+static int iwl_mvm_get_signal_strength(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
+ struct iwl_rx_phy_info *phy_info)
+{
+ int energy_a, energy_b, energy_c, max_energy;
+ u32 val;
+
+ val =
+ le32_to_cpu(phy_info->non_cfg_phy[IWL_RX_INFO_ENERGY_ANT_ABC_IDX]);
+ energy_a = -((val & IWL_RX_INFO_ENERGY_ANT_A_MSK) >>
+ IWL_RX_INFO_ENERGY_ANT_A_POS);
+ energy_b = -((val & IWL_RX_INFO_ENERGY_ANT_B_MSK) >>
+ IWL_RX_INFO_ENERGY_ANT_B_POS);
+ energy_c = -((val & IWL_RX_INFO_ENERGY_ANT_C_MSK) >>
+ IWL_RX_INFO_ENERGY_ANT_C_POS);
+ max_energy = max(energy_a, energy_b);
+ max_energy = max(max_energy, energy_c);
+
+ IWL_DEBUG_STATS(mvm, "energy In A %d B %d C %d , and max %d\n",
+ energy_a, energy_b, energy_c, max_energy);
+
+ return max_energy;
+}
+
+/*
* iwl_mvm_set_mac80211_rx_flag - translate fw status to mac80211 format
* @mvm: the mvm object
* @hdr: 80211 header
@@ -290,7 +306,10 @@ int iwl_mvm_rx_rx_mpdu(struct iwl_mvm *mvm, struct iwl_rx_cmd_buffer *rxb,
/*rx_status.flag |= RX_FLAG_MACTIME_MPDU;*/
/* Find max signal strength (dBm) among 3 antenna/receiver chains */
- rx_status.signal = iwl_mvm_calc_rssi(mvm, phy_info);
+ if (mvm->fw->ucode_capa.flags & IWL_UCODE_TLV_FLAGS_RX_ENERGY_API)
+ rx_status.signal = iwl_mvm_get_signal_strength(mvm, phy_info);
+ else
+ rx_status.signal = iwl_mvm_calc_rssi(mvm, phy_info);
IWL_DEBUG_STATS_LIMIT(mvm, "Rssi %d, TSF %llu\n", rx_status.signal,
(unsigned long long)rx_status.mactime);