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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/pcie.c8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/pcie.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/pcie.c
index bc46a0aa06eb..b316e3491795 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/pcie.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/pcie.c
@@ -1326,6 +1326,14 @@ mwifiex_pcie_send_data(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter, struct sk_buff *skb,
ret = -1;
goto done_unmap;
}
+
+ /* The firmware (latest version 15.68.19.p21) of the 88W8897 PCIe+USB card
+ * seems to crash randomly after setting the TX ring write pointer when
+ * ASPM powersaving is enabled. A workaround seems to be keeping the bus
+ * busy by reading a random register afterwards.
+ */
+ mwifiex_read_reg(adapter, PCI_VENDOR_ID, &rx_val);
+
if ((mwifiex_pcie_txbd_not_full(card)) &&
tx_param->next_pkt_len) {
/* have more packets and TxBD still can hold more */