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[PATCH] orinoco: don't use any padding for Tx frames

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hermes_bap_pwrite() supports odd-sized packets now.   There is no
minimal packet size for 802.11.  Also, hermes_bap_pwrite() supports
odd-sized packets now.  This removes all reasons to pad the Tx data.

Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Pavel Roskin
2006-04-07 04:10:41 -04:00
committed by John W. Linville
parent 6b61626290
commit 8d5be08826
3 changed files with 7 additions and 58 deletions
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drivers/net/wireless/hermes.c
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@ -424,43 +424,6 @@ int hermes_bap_pwrite(hermes_t *hw, int bap, const void *buf, int len,
return err;
}
/* Write a block of data to the chip's buffer with padding if
* neccessary, via the BAP. Synchronization/serialization is the
* caller's problem.
*
* Returns: < 0 on internal failure (errno), 0 on success, > 0 on error from firmware
*/
int hermes_bap_pwrite_pad(hermes_t *hw, int bap, const void *buf, unsigned data_len, int len,
u16 id, u16 offset)
{
int dreg = bap ? HERMES_DATA1 : HERMES_DATA0;
int err = 0;
if (len < 0 || data_len > len)
return -EINVAL;
err = hermes_bap_seek(hw, bap, id, offset);
if (err)
goto out;
/* Transfer all the complete words of data */
hermes_write_bytes(hw, dreg, buf, data_len);
/* If there is an odd byte left over pad and transfer it */
if (data_len & 1) {
u8 end[2];
end[1] = 0;
end[0] = ((unsigned char *)buf)[data_len - 1];
hermes_write_bytes(hw, dreg, end, 2);
data_len ++;
}
/* Now send zeros for the padding */
if (data_len < len)
hermes_clear_words(hw, dreg, (len - data_len) / 2);
/* Complete */
out:
return err;
}
/* Read a Length-Type-Value record from the card.
*
* If length is NULL, we ignore the length read from the card, and
@ -548,7 +511,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(hermes_allocate);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(hermes_bap_pread);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(hermes_bap_pwrite);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(hermes_bap_pwrite_pad);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(hermes_read_ltv);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(hermes_write_ltv);