This reverts commit 874e837d67d0db179c9771f38fd21df07c703e93.
This drastically affects the upload performance and signal strenght on
the HP 240 G4 laptop, as shown by the results bellow:
Without this change:
$ sudo iw dev wlp2s0 scan | grep -B3 JJ | grep signal
signal: -42.00 dBm
$ iperf3 -c 192.168.1.254
Connecting to host 192.168.1.254, port 5201
[ 4] local 192.168.1.253 port 39678 connected to 192.168.1.254 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr Cwnd
[ 4] 0.00-1.00 sec 735 KBytes 6.02 Mbits/sec 1 1.41 KBytes
[ 4] 1.00-2.00 sec 274 KBytes 2.25 Mbits/sec 1 1.41 KBytes
[ 4] 2.00-3.00 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec 0 1.41 KBytes
[ 4] 3.00-4.00 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec 0 1.41 KBytes
[ 4] 4.00-5.00 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec 1 28.3 KBytes
[ 4] 5.00-6.00 sec 423 KBytes 3.47 Mbits/sec 3 41.0 KBytes
[ 4] 6.00-7.00 sec 840 KBytes 6.88 Mbits/sec 0 58.0 KBytes
[ 4] 7.00-8.00 sec 830 KBytes 6.79 Mbits/sec 1 1.41 KBytes
[ 4] 8.00-9.00 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec 0 1.41 KBytes
[ 4] 9.00-10.00 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec 0 1.41 KBytes
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 3.03 MBytes 2.54 Mbits/sec 7 sender
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 2.88 MBytes 2.41 Mbits/sec receiver
iperf Done.
With this change:
$ sudo iw dev wlp2s0 scan | grep -B3 JJ | grep signal
signal: -14.00 dBm
$ iperf3 -c 192.168.1.254
Connecting to host 192.168.1.254, port 5201
[ 4] local 192.168.1.253 port 59380 connected to 192.168.1.254 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr Cwnd
[ 4] 0.00-1.00 sec 4.63 MBytes 38.8 Mbits/sec 0 194 KBytes
[ 4] 1.00-2.00 sec 4.58 MBytes 38.4 Mbits/sec 0 273 KBytes
[ 4] 2.00-3.00 sec 5.05 MBytes 42.3 Mbits/sec 0 332 KBytes
[ 4] 3.00-4.00 sec 4.98 MBytes 41.8 Mbits/sec 0 393 KBytes
[ 4] 4.00-5.00 sec 4.76 MBytes 39.9 Mbits/sec 0 434 KBytes
[ 4] 5.00-6.00 sec 4.85 MBytes 40.7 Mbits/sec 0 434 KBytes
[ 4] 6.00-7.00 sec 3.96 MBytes 33.2 Mbits/sec 0 464 KBytes
[ 4] 7.00-8.00 sec 4.74 MBytes 39.8 Mbits/sec 0 481 KBytes
[ 4] 8.00-9.00 sec 4.22 MBytes 35.4 Mbits/sec 0 508 KBytes
[ 4] 9.00-10.00 sec 4.09 MBytes 34.3 Mbits/sec 0 564 KBytes
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 45.9 MBytes 38.5 Mbits/sec 0 sender
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 45.0 MBytes 37.7 Mbits/sec receiver
iperf Done.
Signed-off-by: João Paulo Rechi Vita <jprvita@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8188ee/fw.c | 2 --
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8723com/fw_common.c | 2 --
2 files changed, 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8188ee/fw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8188ee/fw.c
index 63874512598b..a2eca669873b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8188ee/fw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8188ee/fw.c
@@ -141,8 +141,6 @@ int rtl88e_download_fw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
return 1;
pfwheader = (struct rtlwifi_firmware_header *)rtlhal->pfirmware;
- rtlhal->fw_version = le16_to_cpu(pfwheader->version);
- rtlhal->fw_subversion = pfwheader->subversion;
pfwdata = rtlhal->pfirmware;
fwsize = rtlhal->fwsize;
RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, COMP_FW, DBG_DMESG,
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8723com/fw_common.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8723com/fw_common.c
index 521039c5d4ce..0d1ebc861720 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8723com/fw_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8723com/fw_common.c
@@ -200,8 +200,6 @@ int rtl8723_download_fw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
return 1;
pfwheader = (struct rtlwifi_firmware_header *)rtlhal->pfirmware;
- rtlhal->fw_version = le16_to_cpu(pfwheader->version);
- rtlhal->fw_subversion = pfwheader->subversion;
pfwdata = rtlhal->pfirmware;
fwsize = rtlhal->fwsize;
--
2.17.0
