From: Felix Fietkau Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2016 11:58:14 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Revert "mac80211: remove ath10k delayed initialization hack" X-Git-Url: http://git.lede-project.org./?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6aa07b82027f;p=openwrt%2Fstaging%2Fdangole.git Revert "mac80211: remove ath10k delayed initialization hack" This reverts commit efd9dec3195c603289ebb552f8650da9dd869828. ath10k can take a long time to probe, long enough for netifd to fail to initialize already configured wireless devices Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau --- diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/921-ath10k_init_devices_synchronously.patch b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/921-ath10k_init_devices_synchronously.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e417eb8ffa --- /dev/null +++ b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/921-ath10k_init_devices_synchronously.patch @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +From: Sven Eckelmann +Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 12:29:28 +0100 +Subject: [PATCH] ath10k: Don't initialize devices asynchronously + +OpenWrt requires all PHYs to be initialized to create the configuration files +during bootup. ath10k violates this because it delays the creation of the PHY +to a not well defined point in the future. + +Forcing the work to be done immediately works around this problem but may also +delay the boot when firmware images cannot be found. + +Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann +--- + +--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c ++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c +@@ -2220,6 +2220,16 @@ int ath10k_core_register(struct ath10k * + ar->chip_id = chip_id; + queue_work(ar->workqueue, &ar->register_work); + ++ /* OpenWrt requires all PHYs to be initialized to create the ++ * configuration files during bootup. ath10k violates this ++ * because it delays the creation of the PHY to a not well defined ++ * point in the future. ++ * ++ * Forcing the work to be done immediately works around this problem ++ * but may also delay the boot when firmware images cannot be found. ++ */ ++ flush_workqueue(ar->workqueue); ++ + return 0; + } + EXPORT_SYMBOL(ath10k_core_register);