Patch "ath10k: fix boot failure in UTF mode/testmode" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

ath10k: fix boot failure in UTF mode/testmode

to the 4.9-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
ath10k-fix-boot-failure-in-utf-mode-testmode.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <[email protected]> know about it.

From: Tamizh chelvam <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2017 08:32:18 +0200
Subject: ath10k: fix boot failure in UTF mode/testmode

From: Tamizh chelvam <[email protected]>

commit cb4281528b62207918b1e95827cad7527aa4dbaa upstream.

Rx filter reset and the dynamic tx switch mode (EXT_RESOURCE_CFG) configuration are causing the following errors when UTF firmware is loaded to the target.

Error message 1:

[ 598.015629] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: failed to ping firmware: -110
[ 598.020828] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: failed to reset rx filter: -110
[ 598.141556] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: failed to start core (testmode): -110

Error message 2:

[ 668.615839] ath10k_ahb a000000.wifi: failed to send ext resource cfg command : -95
[ 668.618902] ath10k_ahb a000000.wifi: failed to start core (testmode): -95

Avoiding these configurations while bringing the target in testmode is solving the problem.

---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c |   14 +++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

@@ -1901,7 +1901,8 @@ int ath10k_core_start(struct ath10k *ar,
 	ath10k_dbg(ar, ATH10K_DBG_BOOT, "firmware %s booted\n",
 		   ar->hw->wiphy->fw_version);
 
-	if (test_bit(WMI_SERVICE_EXT_RES_CFG_SUPPORT, ar->wmi.svc_map)) {
+	if (test_bit(WMI_SERVICE_EXT_RES_CFG_SUPPORT, ar->wmi.svc_map) &&
+	    mode == ATH10K_FIRMWARE_MODE_NORMAL) {
 		val = 0;
 		if (ath10k_peer_stats_enabled(ar))
 			val = WMI_10_4_PEER_STATS;

@@ -1954,10 +1955,13 @@ int ath10k_core_start(struct ath10k *ar,
 	 * possible to implicitly make it correct by creating a dummy vdev and
 	 * then deleting it.
 	 */
-	status = ath10k_core_reset_rx_filter(ar);
-	if (status) {
-		ath10k_err(ar, "failed to reset rx filter: %d\n", status);
-		goto err_hif_stop;
+	if (mode == ATH10K_FIRMWARE_MODE_NORMAL) {
+		status = ath10k_core_reset_rx_filter(ar);
+		if (status) {
+			ath10k_err(ar,
+				   "failed to reset rx filter: %d\n", status);
+			goto err_hif_stop;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* If firmware indicates Full Rx Reorder support it must be used in a

Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from [email protected] are

queue-4.9/ath10k-fix-boot-failure-in-utf-mode-testmode.patch