wl1271: Update TX packet life time handling with higher resolution time

This patch uses a higher precision timer to synchronize with the firmware
clock. Improved precision is needed as on some platforms a jiffy may be up to
tens of milliseconds, and the required precision is closer to TU's.

Signed-off-by: Juuso Oikarinen <juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com>
Reviewed-by: Teemu Paasikivi <ext-teemu.3.paasikivi@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271.h b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271.h
index 457ce72..41de47c 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271.h
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ struct wl1271 {
        u32 tx_packets_count;
 
        /* Time-offset between host and chipset clocks */
-       int time_offset;
+       s64 time_offset;
 
        /* Session counter for the chipset */
        int session_counter;

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c
index 9f74168..4c4d22a 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c
@@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ static void wl1271_power_on(struct wl1271 *wl)
 static void wl1271_fw_status(struct wl1271 *wl,
                             struct wl1271_fw_status *status)
 {
+       struct timespec ts;
        u32 total = 0;
        int i;
 
@@ -402,8 +403,9 @@ static void wl1271_fw_status(struct wl1271 *wl,
                ieee80211_queue_work(wl->hw, &wl->tx_work);
 
        /* update the host-chipset time offset */
-       wl->time_offset = jiffies_to_usecs(jiffies) -
-               le32_to_cpu(status->fw_localtime);
+       getnstimeofday(&ts);
+       wl->time_offset = (timespec_to_ns(&ts) >> 10) -
+               (s64)le32_to_cpu(status->fw_localtime);
 }
 
 #define WL1271_IRQ_MAX_LOOPS 10

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_tx.c
index 7926471..a32d301 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_tx.c
@@ -86,8 +86,10 @@ static int wl1271_tx_allocate(struct wl1271 *wl, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 extra)
 static int wl1271_tx_fill_hdr(struct wl1271 *wl, struct sk_buff *skb,
                              u32 extra, struct ieee80211_tx_info *control)
 {
+       struct timespec ts;
        struct wl1271_tx_hw_descr *desc;
        int pad, ac;
+       s64 hosttime;
        u16 tx_attr;
 
        desc = (struct wl1271_tx_hw_descr *) skb->data;
@@ -101,8 +103,9 @@ static int wl1271_tx_fill_hdr(struct wl1271 *wl, struct sk_buff *skb,
        }
 
        /* configure packet life time */
-       desc->start_time = cpu_to_le32(jiffies_to_usecs(jiffies) -
-                                      wl->time_offset);
+       getnstimeofday(&ts);
+       hosttime = (timespec_to_ns(&ts) >> 10);
+       desc->start_time = cpu_to_le32(hosttime - wl->time_offset);
        desc->life_time = cpu_to_le16(TX_HW_MGMT_PKT_LIFETIME_TU);
 
        /* configure the tx attributes */