Hi Sven,
i have something like this as of now(generically
disabling TX-STBC for streams <= 1 just like ath9k
does
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
@@ -4194,6 +4194,9 @@ static struct ieee80211_sta_vht_cap ath10k_create_vht_cap(struct ath10k *ar)
mcs_map |= IEEE80211_VHT_MCS_NOT_SUPPORTED << (i * 2);
}
+ if (ar->cfg_tx_chainmask <= 1)
+ vht_cap.cap &= ~IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_TXSTBC;
+
vht_cap.vht_mcs.rx_mcs_map = cpu_to_le16(mcs_map);
vht_cap.vht_mcs.tx_mcs_map = cpu_to_le16(mcs_map);
@@ -4231,7 +4234,7 @@ static struct ieee80211_sta_ht_cap ath10k_get_ht_cap(struct ath10k *ar)
ht_cap.cap |= smps;
}
- if (ar->ht_cap_info & WMI_HT_CAP_TX_STBC)
+ if (ar->ht_cap_info & WMI_HT_CAP_TX_STBC && (ar->cfg_tx_chainmask > 1))
ht_cap.cap |= IEEE80211_HT_CAP_TX_STBC;
if (ar->ht_cap_info & WMI_HT_CAP_RX_STBC) {
--
regards,
shafi
On Wed, Jun 08, 2016 at 06:13:08PM +0530, Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 07, 2016 at 10:41:48PM +0530, Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan wrote:
> > Hi Sven,
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 07, 2016 at 06:54:54PM +0200, Sven Eckelmann wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 07 June 2016 20:20:02 Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > > [shafi] it would be helpful if you can share your basic test results (if its
> > > > possible to share). Have you tried to bring up the card in 5ghz (or) 2ghz.
> > > > Or both of them were tried ?
> > >
> > > * 5GHz-only (I have no 2.4GHz capable card)
> > > * card is able to scan
> > > * card is able to create an AP
> > > * data can be transferred via AP and client (bidirectional connection)
> > > * performance was more like 15 Mibit/s for 1x1 HT20 11n devices instead of
> > > something like 35-40 Mibit/s
> >
> > [shafi] sure thanks a lot, this is a good start, i will keep you posted
> > with my findings and results.
>
> [shafi] request if you can disable TX-STBC for both HT and VHT, it helped
> me though. Will keep you posted with more updates.
>
> >
> > >
> > > I cannot give you any more detailed, current performance test results because
> > > they were done months ago and are most likely not relevant to describe the
> > > current state. Please ask Kalle if you want to know why the old tests were
> > > done many, many months ago.
> >
> > [shafi] sure, hopefully we can get this sorted out. Thank you for the patches
> > and support.
> >
> > >
> > > Please ask Marek when you want to have tests done with the current
> > > mac8011+ath10k.
> >
> > [shafi] thanks
> >
> > >
> > > Kind regards,
> > > Sven
> >
> >
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