iwlwifi: remove noise reporting

We go to great lengths to calculate this value
that is never used by mac80211. Additionally,
it is now deprecated by mac80211 and is causing
driver compilation to give warnings.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com>

5 files changed, 11 insertions, 56 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-3945.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-3945.c
index 21ae61dd3d51..6b7201551ca7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-3945.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-3945.c
@@ -622,7 +622,6 @@ static void iwl3945_rx_reply_rx(struct iwl_priv *priv,
 	struct iwl3945_rx_frame_stats *rx_stats = IWL_RX_STATS(pkt);
 	struct iwl3945_rx_frame_hdr *rx_hdr = IWL_RX_HDR(pkt);
 	struct iwl3945_rx_frame_end *rx_end = IWL_RX_END(pkt);
-	int snr;
 	u16 rx_stats_sig_avg = le16_to_cpu(rx_stats->sig_avg);
 	u16 rx_stats_noise_diff = le16_to_cpu(rx_stats->noise_diff);
 	u8 network_packet;
@@ -662,43 +661,19 @@ static void iwl3945_rx_reply_rx(struct iwl_priv *priv,
 	/* Convert 3945's rssi indicator to dBm */
 	rx_status.signal = rx_stats->rssi - IWL39_RSSI_OFFSET;
 
-	/* Set default noise value to -127 */
-	if (priv->last_rx_noise == 0)
-		priv->last_rx_noise = IWL_NOISE_MEAS_NOT_AVAILABLE;
-
-	/* 3945 provides noise info for OFDM frames only.
-	 * sig_avg and noise_diff are measured by the 3945's digital signal
-	 *   processor (DSP), and indicate linear levels of signal level and
-	 *   distortion/noise within the packet preamble after
-	 *   automatic gain control (AGC).  sig_avg should stay fairly
-	 *   constant if the radio's AGC is working well.
-	 * Since these values are linear (not dB or dBm), linear
-	 *   signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is (sig_avg / noise_diff).
-	 * Convert linear SNR to dB SNR, then subtract that from rssi dBm
-	 *   to obtain noise level in dBm.
-	 * Calculate rx_status.signal (quality indicator in %) based on SNR. */
-	if (rx_stats_noise_diff) {
-		snr = rx_stats_sig_avg / rx_stats_noise_diff;
-		rx_status.noise = rx_status.signal -
-					iwl3945_calc_db_from_ratio(snr);
-	} else {
-		rx_status.noise = priv->last_rx_noise;
-	}
-
-
-	IWL_DEBUG_STATS(priv, "Rssi %d noise %d sig_avg %d noise_diff %d\n",
-			rx_status.signal, rx_status.noise,
-			rx_stats_sig_avg, rx_stats_noise_diff);
+	IWL_DEBUG_STATS(priv, "Rssi %d sig_avg %d noise_diff %d\n",
+			rx_status.signal, rx_stats_sig_avg,
+			rx_stats_noise_diff);
 
 	header = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)IWL_RX_DATA(pkt);
 
 	network_packet = iwl3945_is_network_packet(priv, header);
 
-	IWL_DEBUG_STATS_LIMIT(priv, "[%c] %d RSSI:%d Signal:%u, Noise:%u, Rate:%u\n",
+	IWL_DEBUG_STATS_LIMIT(priv, "[%c] %d RSSI:%d Signal:%u, Rate:%u\n",
 			      network_packet ? '*' : ' ',
 			      le16_to_cpu(rx_hdr->channel),
 			      rx_status.signal, rx_status.signal,
-			      rx_status.noise, rx_status.rate_idx);
+			      rx_status.rate_idx);
 
 	/* Set "1" to report good data frames in groups of 100 */
 	iwl3945_dbg_report_frame(priv, pkt, header, 1);
@@ -709,7 +684,6 @@ static void iwl3945_rx_reply_rx(struct iwl_priv *priv,
 			le32_to_cpu(rx_end->beacon_timestamp);
 		priv->_3945.last_tsf = le64_to_cpu(rx_end->timestamp);
 		priv->_3945.last_rx_rssi = rx_status.signal;
-		priv->last_rx_noise = rx_status.noise;
 	}
 
 	iwl3945_pass_packet_to_mac80211(priv, rxb, &rx_status);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-lib.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-lib.c
index 226862d3d5ac..e8e3118ec0ad 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-lib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-lib.c
@@ -1071,30 +1071,14 @@ void iwlagn_rx_reply_rx(struct iwl_priv *priv,
 	/* Find max signal strength (dBm) among 3 antenna/receiver chains */
 	rx_status.signal = iwlagn_calc_rssi(priv, phy_res);
 
-	/* Meaningful noise values are available only from beacon statistics,
-	 *   which are gathered only when associated, and indicate noise
-	 *   only for the associated network channel ...
-	 * Ignore these noise values while scanning (other channels) */
-	if (iwl_is_associated(priv) &&
-	    !test_bit(STATUS_SCANNING, &priv->status)) {
-		rx_status.noise = priv->last_rx_noise;
-	} else {
-		rx_status.noise = IWL_NOISE_MEAS_NOT_AVAILABLE;
-	}
-
-	/* Reset beacon noise level if not associated. */
-	if (!iwl_is_associated(priv))
-		priv->last_rx_noise = IWL_NOISE_MEAS_NOT_AVAILABLE;
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG
 	/* Set "1" to report good data frames in groups of 100 */
 	if (unlikely(iwl_get_debug_level(priv) & IWL_DL_RX))
 		iwlagn_dbg_report_frame(priv, phy_res, len, header, 1);
 #endif
 	iwl_dbg_log_rx_data_frame(priv, len, header);
-	IWL_DEBUG_STATS_LIMIT(priv, "Rssi %d, noise %d, TSF %llu\n",
-		rx_status.signal, rx_status.noise,
-		(unsigned long long)rx_status.mactime);
+	IWL_DEBUG_STATS_LIMIT(priv, "Rssi %d, TSF %llu\n",
+		rx_status.signal, (unsigned long long)rx_status.mactime);
 
 	/*
 	 * "antenna number"
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rs.c
index 5155b1a027eb..bcae6a088106 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rs.c
@@ -2940,8 +2940,6 @@ static ssize_t rs_sta_dbgfs_rate_scale_data_read(struct file *file,
 		desc += sprintf(buff+desc,
 				"Bit Rate= %d Mb/s\n",
 				iwl_rates[lq_sta->last_txrate_idx].ieee >> 1);
-	desc += sprintf(buff+desc, "Noise Level= %d dBm\n",
-			priv->last_rx_noise);
 
 	ret = simple_read_from_buffer(user_buf, count, ppos, buff, desc);
 	return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-dev.h b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-dev.h
index 07d865fd57ed..bff182ffeac9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-dev.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-dev.h
@@ -1167,8 +1167,6 @@ struct iwl_priv {
 
 	unsigned long status;
 
-	int last_rx_noise;	/* From beacon statistics */
-
 	/* counts mgmt, ctl, and data packets */
 	struct traffic_stats tx_stats;
 	struct traffic_stats rx_stats;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-rx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-rx.c
index 3a4313841fe7..1dff14a67b2c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-rx.c
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ static void iwl_rx_calc_noise(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 		le32_to_cpu(rx_info->beacon_silence_rssi_b) & IN_BAND_FILTER;
 	int bcn_silence_c =
 		le32_to_cpu(rx_info->beacon_silence_rssi_c) & IN_BAND_FILTER;
+	int last_rx_noise;
 
 	if (bcn_silence_a) {
 		total_silence += bcn_silence_a;
@@ -275,13 +276,13 @@ static void iwl_rx_calc_noise(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 
 	/* Average among active antennas */
 	if (num_active_rx)
-		priv->last_rx_noise = (total_silence / num_active_rx) - 107;
+		last_rx_noise = (total_silence / num_active_rx) - 107;
 	else
-		priv->last_rx_noise = IWL_NOISE_MEAS_NOT_AVAILABLE;
+		last_rx_noise = IWL_NOISE_MEAS_NOT_AVAILABLE;
 
 	IWL_DEBUG_CALIB(priv, "inband silence a %u, b %u, c %u, dBm %d\n",
 			bcn_silence_a, bcn_silence_b, bcn_silence_c,
-			priv->last_rx_noise);
+			last_rx_noise);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG