carl9170 firmware: drop noise reading from channel switch response

The driver manually queries the noise values anyway.

Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>

carl9170 firmware: update API to 1.7.2

Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>

carl9170 firmware: use sudo to install firmware

Only a root-user can modify the files under /lib/firmware.

Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>

carl9170 firmware: streamline dma_put hot-path

This patch restores the original code-path in dma_put.
It no longer tries to correct the control flags for
all dma transfers.

Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>

carl9170 firmware: rename ^CARL*_MASK$ to ^CARL*$

This synchronizes the usage of _MASK in HW defintions
with ath9k and other Atheros' drivers.

Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>

carl9170 firmware: introduce per-rate ER Protection setting

Previously, the firmware has applied (or rather has stuck)
with the ERP settings of the first rate for all retry rates.
This is now history and the driver can choose between
different ERP settings for each individual retry rate.

Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>

carl9170 firmware: update README

the README should include a list of all necessary
tools and libraries to build the firmware.

Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>

carl9170 firmware: checkpatch fixes

Since the shared headers are meant to be included
into the kernel, they should pass checkpatch.pl
without generating hundreds of WARNINGS.

Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>

carl9170 firmware: import 1.7.0

The carl9170 project aims to provide more than just a
working substitute firmware+driver for Atheros' AR9170
USB solutions.

Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>