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Re: [PATCH] iwlwifi: disable TX AMPDU by default for iwldvm

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On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 10:10:08AM +0100, Stanislaw Gruszka wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 10:54:29AM +0200, Emmanuel Grumbach wrote:
> > From: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@xxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > We have had a bug in TX AMPDU in iwldvm for a very long
> > time. This bug has been raised in many bugzillas and threads
> > on linux-wireless mailing list.
> > 
> > The bug is in firmware and we won't be able to fix it in the
> > near future. Hence, we prefer to disable TX AMPDU by default
> > in iwldvm. This doesn't affect iwlmvm which supports 7160 /
> > 3160 and up.
> 
> ...
> 
> >  #define IWL_DISABLE_HT_ALL	BIT(0)
> > -#define IWL_DISABLE_HT_TXAGG	BIT(1)
> 
> Whouln't simple change, by setting disable_11=2 by default, make
> the same effect, and allow easly to enable TX aggregation (without
> kernel recompile) ?

Also, does the bug affect all iwldvm devices ? They have different
firmware images, so I wonder if this is needed for all DVM devices.

Stanislaw 
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