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Thanks Thomas. I will try to hack the code and let you know.

Best Regards
Phani

On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 5:31 PM, Thomas Pedersen <thomas@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 8:39 AM, Phani Siriki <yvsg.phanis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi Thomas
>>
>> Thank you for your reply.
>>
>> Could you please let me know how can I verify these queues on a mesh
>> router? (I am using TPLink router with Ath9k chipset).
>
> try
>
> $ iw mesh0 mpath dump
>
> The mpath queue length is under the "QLEN" heading.
>
>> Also, the TXQ parameters can only be set if device is in AP or P2P
>> mode. Do you have any idea why this restriction is in place?
>
> I don't think there is any reason modifying the queue parameters wouldn't work
> in mesh mode. Why don't you hack up that code and give it a try.
>
>> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/net/wireless/nl80211.c
>>
>> static int nl80211_set_wiphy(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
>> {
>>
>>            if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_TXQ_PARAMS]) {
>>            ....
>>                    if (netdev->ieee80211_ptr->iftype != NL80211_IFTYPE_AP &&
>>                        netdev->ieee80211_ptr->iftype != NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_GO)
>>                                  return -EINVAL;
>>            ...
>> }
>>
>> Best Regards
>> Phani
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 11:59 PM, Thomas Pedersen <thomas@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 7:27 AM, Phani Siriki <yvsg.phanis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> Hi All
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to understand the queuing mechanism wireless mesh networks.
>>>>
>>>> As per AP mode is concerned, there are four queues (BK, BE, Vi, VO)
>>>> and traffic is controlled based on CWmin, CWmax, AIFS and TxOP.
>>>>
>>>> Does, mesh mode also involve these queues? Does mesh mode have any
>>>> queue or it is just a single queue?
>>>
>>> mesh mode maps to the different ACs like AP mode. The only additional
>>> queue in mesh is the mpath->frame_queue, which may be used if an
>>> active mpath for a given RA can't be found.
>>>
>>> --
>>> thomas
>
>
>
> --
> thomas



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