wl1271: Optimized RX path packet retrieval

Instead of acking RX packets read from the FW once all (of several possible)
buffered packets are retrieved, ack packets one by one as they are read. This
enables the FW to start receiving more packets from the network while the
host read operation is still ongoing.

Signed-off-by: Juuso Oikarinen <juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com>
Reviewed-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_rx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_rx.c
index ca645f3..e8eee88 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_rx.c
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ void wl1271_rx(struct wl1271 *wl, struct wl1271_fw_status *status)
 
                wl->rx_counter++;
                drv_rx_counter = wl->rx_counter & NUM_RX_PKT_DESC_MOD_MASK;
+               wl1271_spi_write32(wl, RX_DRIVER_COUNTER_ADDRESS,
+                                  wl->rx_counter);
        }
-
-       wl1271_spi_write32(wl, RX_DRIVER_COUNTER_ADDRESS, wl->rx_counter);
 }