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Re: [RFC] mac80211: fix release_reorder_timeout in scan

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On Mon, 2010-09-27 at 12:09 -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Johannes Berg
> <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2010-09-27 at 12:03 -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> >
> >> > We put them into the reorder buffer, but if we get a reorder timeout
> >> > while scanning we'll drop the frames which isn't necessary.
> >>
> >> Ah, got it, thanks, good catch. Guess its not a terrible stable fix,
> >> but at least important for those who care about VoIP and such.
> >
> > You wouldn't typically use aggregation on VO traffic, I think?
> 
> ath9k uses aggregation for all data traffic.

But it can only control TX :) Which is, of course, relevant if it's used
as an AP, but for typical VO traffic I would argue that using
aggregation is a bug since it'll just increase delays & jitter.

johannes

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