HI Bryan,
On Sat, 31 Oct 2020 at 03:22, Bryan O'Donoghue
<bryan.odonoghue@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The firmware parameter LINK_FAIL_TX_CNT maps to the prima configuration
> file parameter gLinkFailTxCnt and is described as:
>
> quote: " If within gLinkFailTimeout period(values is mentioned in msec) if
> FW doesn't receive acks for gLinkFailTxCnt number of packets, then
> link will be disconnected."
>
> The downstream description sets a minimum value of 1000 a maximum value of
> 60000 and a default value of 6000, however it appears that unless we
> actually set this value deliberately firmware defaults it to 0.
>
> Setting this value to non-zero results in the firmware doing link
> monitoring.
>
> In conjunction with ieee80211_hw_set(wcn->hw, CONNECTION_MONITOR); this
> change effects offload of link monitoring to the firmware.
>
> Tested with:
> 'CNSS-PR-2-0-1-2-c1-74-130449-3' wcn3620
> 'CNSS-PR-2-0-1-2-c1-00083' wcn3680
>
> Signed-off-by: Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c
> index 766400f7b61c..262978371c1f 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c
> @@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ static struct wcn36xx_cfg_val wcn36xx_cfg_vals[] = {
> WCN36XX_CFG_VAL(MAX_ASSOC_LIMIT, 10),
> WCN36XX_CFG_VAL(ENABLE_MCC_ADAPTIVE_SCHEDULER, 0),
> WCN36XX_CFG_VAL(ENABLE_DYNAMIC_RA_START_RATE, 133), /* MCS 5 */
> + WCN36XX_CFG_VAL(LINK_FAIL_TX_CNT, 200),
Could you set the value to the minimum value described in the
downstream driver (i.e 1000)? Not sure a lower value is supported on
all wcn36xx firmware versions. So better to align with the
recommendations.
> };
>
> static struct wcn36xx_cfg_val wcn3680_cfg_vals[] = {
> --
> 2.28.0
>
