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authorDavid Bauer <mail@david-bauer.net>2025-04-02 02:45:27 +0200
committerFelix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>2025-07-03 19:26:53 +0200
commitac9c50c79eaef5fca0f165e45d0c5880606db53e (patch)
tree745bafa661fc703f2e4997baa12b4e34b68b94a9
parentb018d52ede75c079fcc0158680e578f8f8c75d02 (diff)
wifi: mt76: mt7915: mcu: re-init MCU before loading FW patch
Restart the MCU and release the patch semaphore before loading the MCU patch firmware from the host. This fixes failures upon error recovery in case the semaphore was previously taken and never released by the host. This happens from time to time upon triggering a full-chip error recovery. Under this circumstance, the hardware restart fails and the radio is rendered inoperational. Signed-off-by: David Bauer <mail@david-bauer.net> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250402004528.1036715-3-mail@david-bauer.net Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7915/mcu.c25
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7915/mcu.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7915/mcu.c
index 4c2c242608a2..cf948628e588 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7915/mcu.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7915/mcu.c
@@ -2115,16 +2115,21 @@ static int mt7915_load_firmware(struct mt7915_dev *dev)
{
int ret;
- /* make sure fw is download state */
- if (mt7915_firmware_state(dev, false)) {
- /* restart firmware once */
- mt76_connac_mcu_restart(&dev->mt76);
- ret = mt7915_firmware_state(dev, false);
- if (ret) {
- dev_err(dev->mt76.dev,
- "Firmware is not ready for download\n");
- return ret;
- }
+ /* Release Semaphore if taken by previous failed attempt */
+ ret = mt76_connac_mcu_patch_sem_ctrl(&dev->mt76, false);
+ if (ret != PATCH_REL_SEM_SUCCESS) {
+ dev_err(dev->mt76.dev, "Could not release semaphore\n");
+ /* Continue anyways */
+ }
+
+ /* Always restart MCU firmware */
+ mt76_connac_mcu_restart(&dev->mt76);
+
+ /* Check if MCU is ready */
+ ret = mt7915_firmware_state(dev, false);
+ if (ret) {
+ dev_err(dev->mt76.dev, "Firmware did not enter download state\n");
+ return ret;
}
ret = mt76_connac2_load_patch(&dev->mt76, fw_name_var(dev, ROM_PATCH));