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ath5k: RX timestamp is reported at end of frame

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This is true for at least AR5213, and shouldn't be different for other
ath5k PHYs. Tested on AR2413 and AR5414.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Pedersen <thomas@cozybit.com>
Tested-by: Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com>
Acked-by: Nick Kossifidis <mickflemm@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Thomas Pedersen 2012-12-10 14:48:03 -08:00 committed by John W. Linville
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drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
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@ -1336,20 +1336,9 @@ ath5k_receive_frame(struct ath5k_hw *ah, struct sk_buff *skb,
* 15bit only. that means TSF extension has to be done within * 15bit only. that means TSF extension has to be done within
* 32768usec (about 32ms). it might be necessary to move this to * 32768usec (about 32ms). it might be necessary to move this to
* the interrupt handler, like it is done in madwifi. * the interrupt handler, like it is done in madwifi.
*
* Unfortunately we don't know when the hardware takes the rx
* timestamp (beginning of phy frame, data frame, end of rx?).
* The only thing we know is that it is hardware specific...
* On AR5213 it seems the rx timestamp is at the end of the
* frame, but I'm not sure.
*
* NOTE: mac80211 defines mactime at the beginning of the first
* data symbol. Since we don't have any time references it's
* impossible to comply to that. This affects IBSS merge only
* right now, so it's not too bad...
*/ */
rxs->mactime = ath5k_extend_tsf(ah, rs->rs_tstamp); rxs->mactime = ath5k_extend_tsf(ah, rs->rs_tstamp);
rxs->flag |= RX_FLAG_MACTIME_START; rxs->flag |= RX_FLAG_MACTIME_END;
rxs->freq = ah->curchan->center_freq; rxs->freq = ah->curchan->center_freq;
rxs->band = ah->curchan->band; rxs->band = ah->curchan->band;