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On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 10:18 AM, Emmanuel Grumbach <egrumbach@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 9:35 AM, Emmanuel Grumbach <egrumbach@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 12:05 AM, Stefan Sperling <stsp@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Hi Emmanuel,
>>>
>>> As part of implementing 802.11n support in OpenBSD I'm looking for
>>> an AP which sends A-MSDUs. Preferrably under software control rather
>>> than firmware.
>>>
>>> I found your iwlwifi A-MSDU patches at
>>> http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=144553311122495&w=2
>>> and http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=144553311822496&w=2
>>>
>>> Would these patches make it possible to run an AP with an 5300 or 7260
>>> card and send A-MSDUs? That would be great as I have the necessary hardware.
>>
>> 7260 will go. Not 5300.
>> Note that this code simulates Tx TCP Csum offload. I did that to write
>> the code while we still don't have the hardware that has this
>> capability. But for testing purposes, it should do the work. The
>> testing teams have reported that AP mode didn't work quite well with
>> this and I haven't taken the time to look into yet, but if you see
>> issues, please report them or even better: fix them :)
>>
>>>
>>> Which Linux tree do these patches apply to? I've tried the following
>>> but had no luck in getting these patches applied without rejects:
>>>
>>> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
>>> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/iwlwifi/iwlwifi-next.git
>>>
>>
>> Right. These patches had a long internal review cycle. They are now
>> merge in our internal tree.
>> You can find them in our internal tree [1] (backport based). I will
>> push them soon in iwlwifi-next.git.
>
> I forgot to mention that you need to change the define of
> IWL_MVM_SW_TX_CSUM_OFFLOAD to 1.
>
>>
>> [1] - https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/iwlwifi/backport-iwlwifi.git/
>> Please read https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/iwlwifi/core_release#how_to_install_the_driver.
>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Stefan
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