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wl1271: Use vmalloc to allocate memory for firmware

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Use vmalloc to allocate memory for the firmware image, and use a smaller
linear buffer for the actual transfer of the firmware to the chipset.

This patch is an adaptation of a similar patch for wl1251 by Kalle Valo.

Signed-off-by: Juuso Oikarinen <juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com>
Reviewed-by: Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Juuso Oikarinen 2009-10-08 21:56:32 +03:00 committed by John W. Linville
parent c87dec9f18
commit 1fba49741d
2 changed files with 15 additions and 6 deletions
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drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_boot.c
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@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static int wl1271_boot_upload_firmware_chunk(struct wl1271 *wl, void *buf,
size_t fw_data_len, u32 dest)
{
int addr, chunk_num, partition_limit;
u8 *p;
u8 *p, *chunk;
/* whal_FwCtrl_LoadFwImageSm() */
@ -103,12 +103,17 @@ static int wl1271_boot_upload_firmware_chunk(struct wl1271 *wl, void *buf,
wl1271_debug(DEBUG_BOOT, "fw_data_len %zd chunk_size %d",
fw_data_len, CHUNK_SIZE);
if ((fw_data_len % 4) != 0) {
wl1271_error("firmware length not multiple of four");
return -EIO;
}
chunk = kmalloc(CHUNK_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!buf) {
wl1271_error("allocation for firmware upload chunk failed");
return -ENOMEM;
}
wl1271_set_partition(wl, dest,
part_table[PART_DOWN].mem.size,
part_table[PART_DOWN].reg.start,
@ -137,9 +142,10 @@ static int wl1271_boot_upload_firmware_chunk(struct wl1271 *wl, void *buf,
/* 10.3 upload the chunk */
addr = dest + chunk_num * CHUNK_SIZE;
p = buf + chunk_num * CHUNK_SIZE;
memcpy(chunk, p, CHUNK_SIZE);
wl1271_debug(DEBUG_BOOT, "uploading fw chunk 0x%p to 0x%x",
p, addr);
wl1271_spi_mem_write(wl, addr, p, CHUNK_SIZE);
wl1271_spi_mem_write(wl, addr, chunk, CHUNK_SIZE);
chunk_num++;
}
@ -147,10 +153,12 @@ static int wl1271_boot_upload_firmware_chunk(struct wl1271 *wl, void *buf,
/* 10.4 upload the last chunk */
addr = dest + chunk_num * CHUNK_SIZE;
p = buf + chunk_num * CHUNK_SIZE;
memcpy(chunk, p, fw_data_len % CHUNK_SIZE);
wl1271_debug(DEBUG_BOOT, "uploading fw last chunk (%zd B) 0x%p to 0x%x",
fw_data_len % CHUNK_SIZE, p, addr);
wl1271_spi_mem_write(wl, addr, p, fw_data_len % CHUNK_SIZE);
wl1271_spi_mem_write(wl, addr, chunk, fw_data_len % CHUNK_SIZE);
kfree(chunk);
return 0;
}

5
drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c
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@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
#include <linux/spi/spi.h>
#include <linux/crc32.h>
#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
#include <linux/spi/wl12xx.h>
#include "wl1271.h"
@ -231,7 +232,7 @@ static int wl1271_fetch_firmware(struct wl1271 *wl)
}
wl->fw_len = fw->size;
wl->fw = kmalloc(wl->fw_len, GFP_KERNEL);
wl->fw = vmalloc(wl->fw_len);
if (!wl->fw) {
wl1271_error("could not allocate memory for the firmware");
@ -1484,7 +1485,7 @@ static int __devexit wl1271_remove(struct spi_device *spi)
platform_device_unregister(&wl1271_device);
free_irq(wl->irq, wl);
kfree(wl->target_mem_map);
kfree(wl->fw);
vfree(wl->fw);
wl->fw = NULL;
kfree(wl->nvs);
wl->nvs = NULL;