Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > By default, after associated to an AP, the wcn36xx bitrate adjustment > algorithm starts sending data at 1Mbps, and increases the rate slowly > (1Mbps, 2Mbps, 6Mbps...) over the further TX packets. > > Starting at 1Mbps usually causes the initial throughput to be really > low and the maximum possible bitrate to be reached after about hundreed > of TX packets. > > That can be improved by setting a different initial bitrate for data > packets via the ENABLE_DYNAMIC_RA_START_RATE configuration value, this > value can be a legacy or MCS rate. > > This patch sets the starting bitrate value to MCS-5, which seems to be > a good compromise given it can be quickly adjusted low or up if necessary. > (and based on what I observed in the wild with some mobile devices) > > Signed-off-by: Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks. 1fcdb567df1b wcn36xx: Setup starting bitrate to MCS-5 -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11735209/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
