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[V2,2/3] brcmfmac: add comment block in brcmf_sdio_buscore_read()

Message ID 1515500574-16321-3-git-send-email-arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Commit 32adbcaa5df49f1977441f7a4bf180a0bcfe9966
Delegated to: Kalle Valo
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Arend van Spriel Jan. 9, 2018, 12:22 p.m. UTC 
In brcmf_sdio_buscore_read() there is some special handling upon
register access to chipid register of the chipcommon core. Add
comment explaining why it is done here.

Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com>
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 drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/sdio.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/sdio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/sdio.c
index 81eb776..0868614 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/sdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/sdio.c
@@ -3772,6 +3772,13 @@  static u32 brcmf_sdio_buscore_read32(void *ctx, u32 addr)
 
 	val = brcmf_sdiod_readl(sdiodev, addr, NULL);
 
+	/*
+	 * this is a bit of special handling if reading the chipcommon chipid
+	 * register. The 4339 is a next-gen of the 4335. It uses the same
+	 * SDIO device id as 4335 and the chipid register returns 4335 as well.
+	 * It can be identified as 4339 by looking at the chip revision. It
+	 * is corrected here so the chip.c module has the right info.
+	 */
 	if (addr == CORE_CC_REG(SI_ENUM_BASE, chipid) &&
 	    (sdiodev->func1->device == SDIO_DEVICE_ID_BROADCOM_4339 ||
 	     sdiodev->func1->device == SDIO_DEVICE_ID_BROADCOM_4335_4339)) {