iwlwifi: remove noise reporting
authorJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:58:27 +0000 (09:58 -0700)
committerReinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com>
Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:20:44 +0000 (11:20 -0700)
We go to great lengths to calculate this value
that is never used by mac80211. Additionally,
it is now deprecated by mac80211 and is causing
driver compilation to give warnings.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com>
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-3945.c
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-lib.c
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rs.c
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-dev.h
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-rx.c

index 21ae61d..6b72015 100644 (file)
@@ -622,7 +622,6 @@ static void iwl3945_rx_reply_rx(struct iwl_priv *priv,
        struct iwl3945_rx_frame_stats *rx_stats = IWL_RX_STATS(pkt);
        struct iwl3945_rx_frame_hdr *rx_hdr = IWL_RX_HDR(pkt);
        struct iwl3945_rx_frame_end *rx_end = IWL_RX_END(pkt);
-       int snr;
        u16 rx_stats_sig_avg = le16_to_cpu(rx_stats->sig_avg);
        u16 rx_stats_noise_diff = le16_to_cpu(rx_stats->noise_diff);
        u8 network_packet;
@@ -662,43 +661,19 @@ static void iwl3945_rx_reply_rx(struct iwl_priv *priv,
        /* Convert 3945's rssi indicator to dBm */
        rx_status.signal = rx_stats->rssi - IWL39_RSSI_OFFSET;
 
-       /* Set default noise value to -127 */
-       if (priv->last_rx_noise == 0)
-               priv->last_rx_noise = IWL_NOISE_MEAS_NOT_AVAILABLE;
-
-       /* 3945 provides noise info for OFDM frames only.
-        * sig_avg and noise_diff are measured by the 3945's digital signal
-        *   processor (DSP), and indicate linear levels of signal level and
-        *   distortion/noise within the packet preamble after
-        *   automatic gain control (AGC).  sig_avg should stay fairly
-        *   constant if the radio's AGC is working well.
-        * Since these values are linear (not dB or dBm), linear
-        *   signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is (sig_avg / noise_diff).
-        * Convert linear SNR to dB SNR, then subtract that from rssi dBm
-        *   to obtain noise level in dBm.
-        * Calculate rx_status.signal (quality indicator in %) based on SNR. */
-       if (rx_stats_noise_diff) {
-               snr = rx_stats_sig_avg / rx_stats_noise_diff;
-               rx_status.noise = rx_status.signal -
-                                       iwl3945_calc_db_from_ratio(snr);
-       } else {
-               rx_status.noise = priv->last_rx_noise;
-       }
-
-
-       IWL_DEBUG_STATS(priv, "Rssi %d noise %d sig_avg %d noise_diff %d\n",
-                       rx_status.signal, rx_status.noise,
-                       rx_stats_sig_avg, rx_stats_noise_diff);
+       IWL_DEBUG_STATS(priv, "Rssi %d sig_avg %d noise_diff %d\n",
+                       rx_status.signal, rx_stats_sig_avg,
+                       rx_stats_noise_diff);
 
        header = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)IWL_RX_DATA(pkt);
 
        network_packet = iwl3945_is_network_packet(priv, header);
 
-       IWL_DEBUG_STATS_LIMIT(priv, "[%c] %d RSSI:%d Signal:%u, Noise:%u, Rate:%u\n",
+       IWL_DEBUG_STATS_LIMIT(priv, "[%c] %d RSSI:%d Signal:%u, Rate:%u\n",
                              network_packet ? '*' : ' ',
                              le16_to_cpu(rx_hdr->channel),
                              rx_status.signal, rx_status.signal,
-                             rx_status.noise, rx_status.rate_idx);
+                             rx_status.rate_idx);
 
        /* Set "1" to report good data frames in groups of 100 */
        iwl3945_dbg_report_frame(priv, pkt, header, 1);
@@ -709,7 +684,6 @@ static void iwl3945_rx_reply_rx(struct iwl_priv *priv,
                        le32_to_cpu(rx_end->beacon_timestamp);
                priv->_3945.last_tsf = le64_to_cpu(rx_end->timestamp);
                priv->_3945.last_rx_rssi = rx_status.signal;
-               priv->last_rx_noise = rx_status.noise;
        }
 
        iwl3945_pass_packet_to_mac80211(priv, rxb, &rx_status);
index 226862d..e8e3118 100644 (file)
@@ -1071,30 +1071,14 @@ void iwlagn_rx_reply_rx(struct iwl_priv *priv,
        /* Find max signal strength (dBm) among 3 antenna/receiver chains */
        rx_status.signal = iwlagn_calc_rssi(priv, phy_res);
 
-       /* Meaningful noise values are available only from beacon statistics,
-        *   which are gathered only when associated, and indicate noise
-        *   only for the associated network channel ...
-        * Ignore these noise values while scanning (other channels) */
-       if (iwl_is_associated(priv) &&
-           !test_bit(STATUS_SCANNING, &priv->status)) {
-               rx_status.noise = priv->last_rx_noise;
-       } else {
-               rx_status.noise = IWL_NOISE_MEAS_NOT_AVAILABLE;
-       }
-
-       /* Reset beacon noise level if not associated. */
-       if (!iwl_is_associated(priv))
-               priv->last_rx_noise = IWL_NOISE_MEAS_NOT_AVAILABLE;
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG
        /* Set "1" to report good data frames in groups of 100 */
        if (unlikely(iwl_get_debug_level(priv) & IWL_DL_RX))
                iwlagn_dbg_report_frame(priv, phy_res, len, header, 1);
 #endif
        iwl_dbg_log_rx_data_frame(priv, len, header);
-       IWL_DEBUG_STATS_LIMIT(priv, "Rssi %d, noise %d, TSF %llu\n",
-               rx_status.signal, rx_status.noise,
-               (unsigned long long)rx_status.mactime);
+       IWL_DEBUG_STATS_LIMIT(priv, "Rssi %d, TSF %llu\n",
+               rx_status.signal, (unsigned long long)rx_status.mactime);
 
        /*
         * "antenna number"
index 5155b1a..bcae6a0 100644 (file)
@@ -2940,8 +2940,6 @@ static ssize_t rs_sta_dbgfs_rate_scale_data_read(struct file *file,
                desc += sprintf(buff+desc,
                                "Bit Rate= %d Mb/s\n",
                                iwl_rates[lq_sta->last_txrate_idx].ieee >> 1);
-       desc += sprintf(buff+desc, "Noise Level= %d dBm\n",
-                       priv->last_rx_noise);
 
        ret = simple_read_from_buffer(user_buf, count, ppos, buff, desc);
        return ret;
index 07d865f..bff182f 100644 (file)
@@ -1167,8 +1167,6 @@ struct iwl_priv {
 
        unsigned long status;
 
-       int last_rx_noise;      /* From beacon statistics */
-
        /* counts mgmt, ctl, and data packets */
        struct traffic_stats tx_stats;
        struct traffic_stats rx_stats;
index 3a43138..1dff14a 100644 (file)
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ static void iwl_rx_calc_noise(struct iwl_priv *priv)
                le32_to_cpu(rx_info->beacon_silence_rssi_b) & IN_BAND_FILTER;
        int bcn_silence_c =
                le32_to_cpu(rx_info->beacon_silence_rssi_c) & IN_BAND_FILTER;
+       int last_rx_noise;
 
        if (bcn_silence_a) {
                total_silence += bcn_silence_a;
@@ -275,13 +276,13 @@ static void iwl_rx_calc_noise(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 
        /* Average among active antennas */
        if (num_active_rx)
-               priv->last_rx_noise = (total_silence / num_active_rx) - 107;
+               last_rx_noise = (total_silence / num_active_rx) - 107;
        else
-               priv->last_rx_noise = IWL_NOISE_MEAS_NOT_AVAILABLE;
+               last_rx_noise = IWL_NOISE_MEAS_NOT_AVAILABLE;
 
        IWL_DEBUG_CALIB(priv, "inband silence a %u, b %u, c %u, dBm %d\n",
                        bcn_silence_a, bcn_silence_b, bcn_silence_c,
-                       priv->last_rx_noise);
+                       last_rx_noise);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG