In the firmware, added is ability to report internal errors using IRQ.
Catch this IRQ and notify user space via netlink
User space get notified like (udevadm monitor --kernel --property):
KERNEL[12660.320520] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:01.0/0000:05:00.0/net/wlan12 (net)
ACTION=change
DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:01.0/0000:05:00.0/net/wlan12
DEVTYPE=wlan
EVENT=FW_ERROR
IFINDEX=6
INTERFACE=wlan12
SEQNUM=2489
SOURCE=wil6210
SUBSYSTEM=net
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Kondratiev <qca_vkondrat@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>