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Re: [PATCH 1/4] wifi: rtl8xxxu: gen2: Turn on the rate control

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On 28/09/2022 11:39, Kalle Valo wrote:
> Bitterblue Smith <rtl8821cerfe2@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
>> On 25/09/2022 19:53, Jes Sorensen wrote:
>>> On 9/18/22 08:35, Bitterblue Smith wrote:
>>>> Inform the firmware when connecting to a network. This makes the
>>>> firmware enable the rate control, which makes the upload faster.
>>>>
>>>> Don't inform the firmware when disconnecting from a network, because
>>>> that makes reconnecting impossible for some reason:
>>>
>>> Have you dug through the vendor driver to see what it does here?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Jes
>>>
>>
>> I hadn't investigated, but since you asked :) I looked into it today.
>>
>> The vendor driver doesn't do anything weird. Our report_connect
>> function *should* work.
>>
>> And it turns out it does work! I restored the original form of the
>> function to test something and reconnecting worked. I couldn't
>> reproduce the problem anymore. Not much has changed in rtl8xxxu since
>> the last time I tried this, so it was easy to find the reason: fixing
>> the queue selection [0] fixed the reconnecting problem. Before, it was
>> sending the auth attempts using queue 0x7 (TXDESC_QUEUE_VO). With the
>> queue selection fix it uses queue 0x12 (TXDESC_QUEUE_MGNT). Perhaps
>> queue 0x7 is not functional when the firmware knows it's not connected
>> to a network?
>>
>> I guess I have to send a different patch for this now.
> 
> So what should I do with this patchset? Can I take patches 2-4?
> 

Yes, please. They're all independent.



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