iwlwifi: mvm: new api to get signal strength

A new API that replaces the rx signal strength calculation via agc & rssi.
The energy is now calculated outside the driver and transferred by the fw.
Signed-off-by: Avri Altman <avri.altman@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-fw.h

@@ -75,14 +75,16 @@
  * @IWL_UCODE_TLV_FLAGS_P2P: This uCode image supports P2P.
  * @IWL_UCODE_TLV_FLAGS_DW_BC_TABLE: The SCD byte count table is in DWORDS
  * @IWL_UCODE_TLV_FLAGS_UAPSD: This uCode image supports uAPSD
+ * @IWL_UCODE_TLV_FLAGS_RX_ENERGY_API: supports rx signal strength api
  */
 enum iwl_ucode_tlv_flag {
-	IWL_UCODE_TLV_FLAGS_PAN		= BIT(0),
-	IWL_UCODE_TLV_FLAGS_NEWSCAN	= BIT(1),
-	IWL_UCODE_TLV_FLAGS_MFP		= BIT(2),
-	IWL_UCODE_TLV_FLAGS_P2P		= BIT(3),
-	IWL_UCODE_TLV_FLAGS_DW_BC_TABLE	= BIT(4),
-	IWL_UCODE_TLV_FLAGS_UAPSD	= BIT(6),
+	IWL_UCODE_TLV_FLAGS_PAN			= BIT(0),
+	IWL_UCODE_TLV_FLAGS_NEWSCAN		= BIT(1),
+	IWL_UCODE_TLV_FLAGS_MFP			= BIT(2),
+	IWL_UCODE_TLV_FLAGS_P2P			= BIT(3),
+	IWL_UCODE_TLV_FLAGS_DW_BC_TABLE		= BIT(4),
+	IWL_UCODE_TLV_FLAGS_UAPSD		= BIT(6),
+	IWL_UCODE_TLV_FLAGS_RX_ENERGY_API	= BIT(8),
 };
 
 /* The default calibrate table size if not specified by firmware file */

drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/fw-api.h

@@ -768,6 +768,14 @@ struct iwl_phy_context_cmd {
 } __packed; /* PHY_CONTEXT_CMD_API_VER_1 */
 
 #define IWL_RX_INFO_PHY_CNT 8
+#define IWL_RX_INFO_ENERGY_ANT_ABC_IDX 1
+#define IWL_RX_INFO_ENERGY_ANT_A_MSK 0x000000ff
+#define IWL_RX_INFO_ENERGY_ANT_B_MSK 0x0000ff00
+#define IWL_RX_INFO_ENERGY_ANT_C_MSK 0x00ff0000
+#define IWL_RX_INFO_ENERGY_ANT_A_POS 0
+#define IWL_RX_INFO_ENERGY_ANT_B_POS 8
+#define IWL_RX_INFO_ENERGY_ANT_C_POS 16
+
 #define IWL_RX_INFO_AGC_IDX 1
 #define IWL_RX_INFO_RSSI_AB_IDX 2
 #define IWL_OFDM_AGC_A_MSK 0x0000007f

drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/rx.c

@@ -124,10 +124,6 @@ static void iwl_mvm_pass_packet_to_mac80211(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
 	ieee80211_rx_ni(mvm->hw, skb);
 }
 
-/*
- * iwl_mvm_calc_rssi - calculate the rssi in dBm
- * @phy_info: the phy information for the coming packet
- */
 static int iwl_mvm_calc_rssi(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
 			     struct iwl_rx_phy_info *phy_info)
 {
@@ -136,12 +132,6 @@ static int iwl_mvm_calc_rssi(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
 	u32 agc_a, agc_b, max_agc;
 	u32 val;
 
-	/* Find max rssi among 2 possible receivers.
-	 * These values are measured by the Digital Signal Processor (DSP).
-	 * They should stay fairly constant even as the signal strength varies,
-	 * if the radio's Automatic Gain Control (AGC) is working right.
-	 * AGC value (see below) will provide the "interesting" info.
-	 */
 	val = le32_to_cpu(phy_info->non_cfg_phy[IWL_RX_INFO_AGC_IDX]);
 	agc_a = (val & IWL_OFDM_AGC_A_MSK) >> IWL_OFDM_AGC_A_POS;
 	agc_b = (val & IWL_OFDM_AGC_B_MSK) >> IWL_OFDM_AGC_B_POS;
@@ -169,6 +159,32 @@ static int iwl_mvm_calc_rssi(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
 	return max_rssi_dbm;
 }
 
+/*
+ * iwl_mvm_get_signal_strength - use new rx PHY INFO API
+ */
+static int iwl_mvm_get_signal_strength(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
+				       struct iwl_rx_phy_info *phy_info)
+{
+	int energy_a, energy_b, energy_c, max_energy;
+	u32 val;
+
+	val =
+	    le32_to_cpu(phy_info->non_cfg_phy[IWL_RX_INFO_ENERGY_ANT_ABC_IDX]);
+	energy_a = -((val & IWL_RX_INFO_ENERGY_ANT_A_MSK) >>
+						IWL_RX_INFO_ENERGY_ANT_A_POS);
+	energy_b = -((val & IWL_RX_INFO_ENERGY_ANT_B_MSK) >>
+						IWL_RX_INFO_ENERGY_ANT_B_POS);
+	energy_c = -((val & IWL_RX_INFO_ENERGY_ANT_C_MSK) >>
+						IWL_RX_INFO_ENERGY_ANT_C_POS);
+	max_energy = max(energy_a, energy_b);
+	max_energy = max(max_energy, energy_c);
+
+	IWL_DEBUG_STATS(mvm, "energy In A %d B %d C %d , and max %d\n",
+			energy_a, energy_b, energy_c, max_energy);
+
+	return max_energy;
+}
+
 /*
  * iwl_mvm_set_mac80211_rx_flag - translate fw status to mac80211 format
  * @mvm: the mvm object
@@ -290,7 +306,10 @@ int iwl_mvm_rx_rx_mpdu(struct iwl_mvm *mvm, struct iwl_rx_cmd_buffer *rxb,
 	/*rx_status.flag |= RX_FLAG_MACTIME_MPDU;*/
 
 	/* Find max signal strength (dBm) among 3 antenna/receiver chains */
-	rx_status.signal = iwl_mvm_calc_rssi(mvm, phy_info);
+	if (mvm->fw->ucode_capa.flags & IWL_UCODE_TLV_FLAGS_RX_ENERGY_API)
+		rx_status.signal = iwl_mvm_get_signal_strength(mvm, phy_info);
+	else
+		rx_status.signal = iwl_mvm_calc_rssi(mvm, phy_info);
 
 	IWL_DEBUG_STATS_LIMIT(mvm, "Rssi %d, TSF %llu\n", rx_status.signal,
 			      (unsigned long long)rx_status.mactime);