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Re: [PATCH] ath9k: fix transmitting to stations in dynamic SMPS mode

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Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxx> writes:

> When transmitting to a receiver in dynamic SMPS mode, all transmissions that
> use multiple spatial streams need to be sent using CTS-to-self or RTS/CTS to
> give the receiver's extra chains some time to wake up.
> This fixes the tx rate getting stuck at <= MCS7 for some clients, especially
> Intel ones, which make aggressive use of SMPS.
>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Reported-by: Martin Kennedy <hurricos@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxx>

No Fixes tag so I assume this is not a regression?

Should this go to v5.12 or -next? I guess that depends how much testing
this patch has got.

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