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ath10k: fix max antenna gain unit

PATCH In review Sven Eckelmann 2 participants 3 messages Jun 11, 2019 – Oct 13, 2021 Qualcomm Atheros ATH10K wireless driver

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PATCH v2 1/1 ath10k: fix max antenna gain unit

From: Sven Eckelmann <[email protected]>

Most of the txpower for the ath10k firmware is stored as twicepower (0.5 dB steps). This isn't the case for max_antenna_gain - which is still expected by the firmware as dB.

The firmware is converting it from dB to the internal (twicepower) representation when it calculates the limits of a channel. This can be seen in tpc_stats when configuring "12" as max_antenna_gain. Instead of the expected 12 (6 dB), the tpc_stats shows 24 (12 dB).

Tested on QCA9888 and IPQ4019 with firmware 10.4-3.5.3-00057.

Fixes 02256930d9b8 ("ath10k: use proper tx power unit")

---
v2:
* Add comments to wmi.h regarding the power unit

 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c | 6 +++---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.h | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c +3 -3
index 9c703d287333..35d026a2772a 100644
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ static int ath10k_monitor_vdev_start(struct ath10k *ar, int vdev_id)
 	arg.channel.min_power = 0;
 	arg.channel.max_power = channel->max_power * 2;
 	arg.channel.max_reg_power = channel->max_reg_power * 2;
-	arg.channel.max_antenna_gain = channel->max_antenna_gain * 2;
+	arg.channel.max_antenna_gain = channel->max_antenna_gain;
 
 	reinit_completion(&ar->vdev_setup_done);
 
@@ -1450,7 +1450,7 @@ static int ath10k_vdev_start_restart(struct ath10k_vif *arvif,
 	arg.channel.min_power = 0;
 	arg.channel.max_power = chandef->chan->max_power * 2;
 	arg.channel.max_reg_power = chandef->chan->max_reg_power * 2;
-	arg.channel.max_antenna_gain = chandef->chan->max_antenna_gain * 2;
+	arg.channel.max_antenna_gain = chandef->chan->max_antenna_gain;
 
 	if (arvif->vdev_type == WMI_VDEV_TYPE_AP) {
 		arg.ssid = arvif->u.ap.ssid;
@@ -3105,7 +3105,7 @@ static int ath10k_update_channel_list(struct ath10k *ar)
 			ch->min_power = 0;
 			ch->max_power = channel->max_power * 2;
 			ch->max_reg_power = channel->max_reg_power * 2;
-			ch->max_antenna_gain = channel->max_antenna_gain * 2;
+			ch->max_antenna_gain = channel->max_antenna_gain;
 			ch->reg_class_id = 0; /* FIXME */
 
 			/* FIXME: why use only legacy modes, why not any
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.h +3 -0
index e1c40bb69932..9cc0ef47deb7 100644
@@ -2038,7 +2038,9 @@ struct wmi_channel {
 	union {
 		__le32 reginfo1;
 		struct {
+			/* note: power unit is 1 dBm */
 			u8 antenna_max;
+			/* note: power unit is 0.5 dBm */
 			u8 max_tx_power;
 		} __packed;
 	} __packed;
@@ -2058,6 +2060,7 @@ struct wmi_channel_arg {
 	u32 min_power;
 	u32 max_power;
 	u32 max_reg_power;
+	/* note: power unit is 1 dBm */
 	u32 max_antenna_gain;
 	u32 reg_class_id;
 	enum wmi_phy_mode mode;
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+ Govind, Wen

Quoted 15 lines · Sven Eckelmann

From: Sven Eckelmann <[email protected]>

Most of the txpower for the ath10k firmware is stored as twicepower (0.5 dB steps). This isn't the case for max_antenna_gain - which is still expected by the firmware as dB.

The firmware is converting it from dB to the internal (twicepower) representation when it calculates the limits of a channel. This can be seen in tpc_stats when configuring "12" as max_antenna_gain. Instead of the expected 12 (6 dB), the tpc_stats shows 24 (12 dB).

Tested on QCA9888 and IPQ4019 with firmware 10.4-3.5.3-00057.

Fixes 02256930d9b8 ("ath10k: use proper tx power unit")

[...]

Quoted 21 lines
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c +2 -2
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ static int ath10k_monitor_vdev_start(struct ath10k *ar, int vdev_id)
 	arg.channel.min_power = 0;
 	arg.channel.max_power = channel->max_power * 2;
 	arg.channel.max_reg_power = channel->max_reg_power * 2;
-	arg.channel.max_antenna_gain = channel->max_antenna_gain * 2;
+	arg.channel.max_antenna_gain = channel->max_antenna_gain;
 
 	reinit_completion(&ar->vdev_setup_done);
 
@@ -1450,7 +1450,7 @@ static int ath10k_vdev_start_restart(struct ath10k_vif *arvif,
 	arg.channel.min_power = 0;
 	arg.channel.max_power = chandef->chan->max_power * 2;
 	arg.channel.max_reg_power = chandef->chan->max_reg_power * 2;
-	arg.channel.max_antenna_gain = chandef->chan->max_antenna_gain * 2;
+	arg.channel.max_antenna_gain = chandef->chan->max_antenna_gain;
 
 	if (arvif->vdev_type == WMI_VDEV_TYPE_AP) {
 		arg.ssid = arvif->u.ap.ssid;

drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c static int ath10k_update_channel_list(struct ath10k *ar) · line 3109

Quoted 6 lines
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c +1 -1
@@ -3105,7 +3105,7 @@ static int ath10k_update_channel_list(struct ath10k *ar)
 			ch->min_power = 0;
 			ch->max_power = channel->max_power * 2;
 			ch->max_reg_power = channel->max_reg_power * 2;
-			ch->max_antenna_gain = channel->max_antenna_gain * 2;
+			ch->max_antenna_gain = channel->max_antenna_gain;
 			ch->reg_class_id = 0; /* FIXME */

What about firmwares using WMI TLV interface, for example QCA6174 or WCN3990? Does this break max antenna gain on those devices? Govind, Wen?

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Quoted 9 lines · Sven Eckelmann

Most of the txpower for the ath10k firmware is stored as twicepower (0.5 dB steps). This isn't the case for max_antenna_gain - which is still expected by the firmware as dB.

The firmware is converting it from dB to the internal (twicepower) representation when it calculates the limits of a channel. This can be seen in tpc_stats when configuring "12" as max_antenna_gain. Instead of the expected 12 (6 dB), the tpc_stats shows 24 (12 dB).

Quoted 5 lines

Tested on QCA9888 and IPQ4019 with firmware 10.4-3.5.3-00057.

Fixes 02256930d9b8 ("ath10k: use proper tx power unit")

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

0a491167fe0c ath10k: fix max antenna gain unit

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