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| author | Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com> | 2013-06-06 10:06:29 +0530 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2013-06-20 11:58:44 -0700 |
| commit | 91c930674642f4b849d64398db261ad13c3ab354 (patch) | |
| tree | 3a0a05e75bd1052640aa541e15febaa4fd11bf9d | |
| parent | 75b780e57baec8085beba0bf0e8ed9df68a24fb7 (diff) | |
ath9k: Use minstrel rate control by default
commit 5efac94999ff218e0101f67a059e44abb4b0b523 upstream.
The ath9k rate control algorithm has various architectural
issues that make it a poor fit in scenarios like congested
environments etc.
An example: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=927191
Change the default to minstrel which is more robust in such cases.
The ath9k RC code is left in the driver for now, maybe it can
be removed altogether later on.
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Cc: Jouni Malinen <jouni@qca.qualcomm.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Kconfig | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Makefile | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.h | 2 |
4 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Kconfig index e507e78398f..3b8c9306d84 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Kconfig @@ -89,13 +89,17 @@ config ATH9K_MAC_DEBUG This option enables collection of statistics for Rx/Tx status data and some other MAC related statistics -config ATH9K_RATE_CONTROL +config ATH9K_LEGACY_RATE_CONTROL bool "Atheros ath9k rate control" depends on ATH9K - default y + default n ---help--- Say Y, if you want to use the ath9k specific rate control - module instead of minstrel_ht. + module instead of minstrel_ht. Be warned that there are various + issues with the ath9k RC and minstrel is a more robust algorithm. + Note that even if this option is selected, "ath9k_rate_control" + has to be passed to mac80211 using the module parameter, + ieee80211_default_rc_algo. config ATH9K_HTC tristate "Atheros HTC based wireless cards support" diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Makefile b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Makefile index 27d95fe5ade..24ae2e6a570 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Makefile +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Makefile @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ath9k-y += beacon.o \ xmit.o ath9k-$(CONFIG_ATH9K_BTCOEX_SUPPORT) += mci.o -ath9k-$(CONFIG_ATH9K_RATE_CONTROL) += rc.o +ath9k-$(CONFIG_ATH9K_LEGACY_RATE_CONTROL) += rc.o ath9k-$(CONFIG_ATH9K_PCI) += pci.o ath9k-$(CONFIG_ATH9K_AHB) += ahb.o ath9k-$(CONFIG_ATH9K_DEBUGFS) += debug.o diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c index 659690e757a..cac5b256a1c 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c @@ -694,10 +694,6 @@ void ath9k_set_hw_capab(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ieee80211_hw *hw) sc->ant_rx = hw->wiphy->available_antennas_rx; sc->ant_tx = hw->wiphy->available_antennas_tx; -#ifdef CONFIG_ATH9K_RATE_CONTROL - hw->rate_control_algorithm = "ath9k_rate_control"; -#endif - if (sc->sc_ah->caps.hw_caps & ATH9K_HW_CAP_2GHZ) hw->wiphy->bands[IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ] = &sc->sbands[IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ]; diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.h index 75f8e9b06b2..12cf1225652 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.h +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.h @@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ struct ath_rate_priv { struct ath_rc_stats rcstats[RATE_TABLE_SIZE]; }; -#ifdef CONFIG_ATH9K_RATE_CONTROL +#ifdef CONFIG_ATH9K_LEGACY_RATE_CONTROL int ath_rate_control_register(void); void ath_rate_control_unregister(void); #else |