iwlagn: reduce off channel reception for 4965
Force use of chains B and C (0x6) for Rx for 4965
Avoid A (0x1) because of its off-channel reception on A-band.
Signed-off-by: Rick Farrington <rickdic@hotmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Cahill <ben.m.cahill@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
index c72a99a..61788a5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
@@ -2698,6 +2698,9 @@
iwl_set_rate(priv);
+ /* call to ensure that 4965 rx_chain is set properly in monitor mode */
+ iwl_set_rxon_chain(priv);
+
if (memcmp(&priv->active_rxon,
&priv->staging_rxon, sizeof(priv->staging_rxon)))
iwl_commit_rxon(priv);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-commands.h b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-commands.h
index 3ced5e5..7571110 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-commands.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-commands.h
@@ -563,6 +563,7 @@
#define RXON_RX_CHAIN_DRIVER_FORCE_MSK cpu_to_le16(0x1 << 0)
+#define RXON_RX_CHAIN_DRIVER_FORCE_POS (0)
#define RXON_RX_CHAIN_VALID_MSK cpu_to_le16(0x7 << 1)
#define RXON_RX_CHAIN_VALID_POS (1)
#define RXON_RX_CHAIN_FORCE_SEL_MSK cpu_to_le16(0x7 << 4)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c
index ef4a7c5..b64377e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c
@@ -753,6 +753,19 @@
rx_chain |= active_rx_cnt << RXON_RX_CHAIN_MIMO_CNT_POS;
rx_chain |= idle_rx_cnt << RXON_RX_CHAIN_CNT_POS;
+ /* copied from 'iwl_bg_request_scan()' */
+ /* Force use of chains B and C (0x6) for Rx for 4965
+ * Avoid A (0x1) because of its off-channel reception on A-band.
+ * MIMO is not used here, but value is required */
+ if (iwl_is_monitor_mode(priv) &&
+ !(priv->staging_rxon.flags & RXON_FLG_BAND_24G_MSK) &&
+ ((priv->hw_rev & CSR_HW_REV_TYPE_MSK) == CSR_HW_REV_TYPE_4965)) {
+ rx_chain = 0x07 << RXON_RX_CHAIN_VALID_POS;
+ rx_chain |= 0x06 << RXON_RX_CHAIN_FORCE_SEL_POS;
+ rx_chain |= 0x07 << RXON_RX_CHAIN_FORCE_MIMO_SEL_POS;
+ rx_chain |= 0x01 << RXON_RX_CHAIN_DRIVER_FORCE_POS;
+ }
+
priv->staging_rxon.rx_chain = cpu_to_le16(rx_chain);
if (!is_single && (active_rx_cnt >= IWL_NUM_RX_CHAINS_SINGLE) && is_cam)