Re: [PATCH V2] wlcore: sdio: Fixup power on/off sequence

[Ulf Hansson]

On Tue, 22 Jan 2019 at 17:24, Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > During "wlan-up", we are programming the FW into the WiFi-chip. However,
> > re-programming the FW doesn't work, unless a power cycle of the WiFi-chip
> > is made in-between the programmings.
> >
> > To conform to this requirement and to fix the regression in a simple way,
> > let's start by allowing that the SDIO card (WiFi-chip) may stay powered on
> > (runtime resumed) when wl12xx_sdio_power_off() returns. The intent with the
> > current code is to treat this scenario as an error, but unfortunate this
> > doesn't work as expected, so let's fix this.
> >
> > The other part is to guarantee that a power cycle of the SDIO card has been
> > completed when wl12xx_sdio_power_on() returns, as to allow the FW
> > programming to succeed. However, relying solely on runtime PM to deal with
> > this isn't sufficient. For example, userspace may prevent runtime suspend
> > via sysfs for the device that represents the SDIO card, leading to that the
> > mmc core also keeps it powered on. For this reason, let's instead do a
> > brute force power cycle in wl12xx_sdio_power_on().
> >
> > Fixes: 728a9dc61f13 ("wlcore: sdio: Fix flakey SDIO runtime PM handling")
> > Signed-off-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Tested-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Tested-by: Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Patch applied to wireless-drivers.git, thanks.
>
> 13e62626c578 wlcore: sdio: Fixup power on/off sequence

Great, thanks! Let's see how we can fix Jan's problem on top.

Kind regards
Uffe