On 19-1-2017 13:36, Lior David wrote:
> On 1/19/2017 2:24 PM, Valo, Kalle wrote:
>> Maya Erez <qca_me...@qca.qualcomm.com> writes:
>>
>>> From: Lior David <qca_li...@qca.qualcomm.com>
>>>
>>> In fine timing measurements, the calculation is affected by
>>> 2 parts: timing of packets over the air, which is platform
>>> independent, and platform-specific delays, which are dependent
>>> on things like antenna cable length and type.
>>> Add a sysfs file which allows to get/set these platform specific
>>> delays, separated into the TX and RX components.
>>> There are 2 key scenarios where the file can be used:
>>> 1. Calibration - start with some initial values (for example,
>>> the default values at startup), make measurements at a known
>>> distance, then iteratively change the values until the
>>> measurement results match the known distance.
>>> 2. Adjust the delays when platform starts up, based on known
>>> values.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Lior David <qca_li...@qca.qualcomm.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Maya Erez <qca_me...@qca.qualcomm.com>
>>
>> Can't this go via nl80211? sysfs is not really supposed to be used for
>> something like this.
>>
> There is no nl80211 API for this (yet?).

So come up with one...?

> Will it be ok to put this in debugfs? Normally this will be in the board
> file (as part of RF configuration) but it will be useful to play
> with these values for debugging/diagnostics.

What is doing the FTM measurements? Is it all done in user-space? That
would mean you also need measurement data exported to user-space. How is
that done? Intel has a FTM api proposal, but it has not been submitted
upstream (yet?).

Regards,
Arend

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