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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/i2400m.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/i2400m.h | 23 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/i2400m.h b/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/i2400m.h index 2b9c400810b5..fbc156db5bfd 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/i2400m.h +++ b/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/i2400m.h @@ -307,6 +307,27 @@ struct i2400m_barker_db; * force this to be the first field so that we can get from * netdev_priv() the right pointer. * + * @updown: the device is up and ready for transmitting control and + * data packets. This implies @ready (communication infrastructure + * with the device is ready) and the device's firmware has been + * loaded and the device initialized. + * + * Write to it only inside a i2400m->init_mutex protected area + * followed with a wmb(); rmb() before accesing (unless locked + * inside i2400m->init_mutex). Read access can be loose like that + * [just using rmb()] because the paths that use this also do + * other error checks later on. + * + * @ready: Communication infrastructure with the device is ready, data + * frames can start to be passed around (this is lighter than + * using the WiMAX state for certain hot paths). + * + * Write to it only inside a i2400m->init_mutex protected area + * followed with a wmb(); rmb() before accesing (unless locked + * inside i2400m->init_mutex). Read access can be loose like that + * [just using rmb()] because the paths that use this also do + * other error checks later on. + * * @rx_reorder: 1 if RX reordering is enabled; this can only be * set at probe time. * @@ -458,7 +479,7 @@ struct i2400m { unsigned updown:1; /* Network device is up or down */ unsigned boot_mode:1; /* is the device in boot mode? */ unsigned sboot:1; /* signed or unsigned fw boot */ - unsigned ready:1; /* all probing steps done */ + unsigned ready:1; /* Device comm infrastructure ready */ unsigned rx_reorder:1; /* RX reorder is enabled */ u8 trace_msg_from_user; /* echo rx msgs to 'trace' pipe */ /* typed u8 so /sys/kernel/debug/u8 can tweak */ |