This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
ath9k: Use minstrel rate control by default
to the 3.4-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
ath9k-use-minstrel-rate-control-by-default.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 5efac94999ff218e0101f67a059e44abb4b0b523 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 10:06:29 +0530
Subject: ath9k: Use minstrel rate control by default
From: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 5efac94999ff218e0101f67a059e44abb4b0b523 upstream.
The ath9k rate control algorithm has various architectural
issues that make it a poor fit in scenarios like congested
environments etc.
An example: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=927191
Change the default to minstrel which is more robust in such cases.
The ath9k RC code is left in the driver for now, maybe it can
be removed altogether later on.
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jouni Malinen <jouni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Kconfig | 10 +++++++---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Makefile | 2 +-
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c | 4 ----
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.h | 2 +-
4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Kconfig
@@ -89,13 +89,17 @@ config ATH9K_MAC_DEBUG
This option enables collection of statistics for Rx/Tx status
data and some other MAC related statistics
-config ATH9K_RATE_CONTROL
+config ATH9K_LEGACY_RATE_CONTROL
bool "Atheros ath9k rate control"
depends on ATH9K
- default y
+ default n
---help---
Say Y, if you want to use the ath9k specific rate control
- module instead of minstrel_ht.
+ module instead of minstrel_ht. Be warned that there are various
+ issues with the ath9k RC and minstrel is a more robust algorithm.
+ Note that even if this option is selected, "ath9k_rate_control"
+ has to be passed to mac80211 using the module parameter,
+ ieee80211_default_rc_algo.
config ATH9K_HTC
tristate "Atheros HTC based wireless cards support"
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ath9k-y += beacon.o \
xmit.o
ath9k-$(CONFIG_ATH9K_BTCOEX_SUPPORT) += mci.o
-ath9k-$(CONFIG_ATH9K_RATE_CONTROL) += rc.o
+ath9k-$(CONFIG_ATH9K_LEGACY_RATE_CONTROL) += rc.o
ath9k-$(CONFIG_ATH9K_PCI) += pci.o
ath9k-$(CONFIG_ATH9K_AHB) += ahb.o
ath9k-$(CONFIG_ATH9K_DEBUGFS) += debug.o
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c
@@ -694,10 +694,6 @@ void ath9k_set_hw_capab(struct ath_softc
sc->ant_rx = hw->wiphy->available_antennas_rx;
sc->ant_tx = hw->wiphy->available_antennas_tx;
-#ifdef CONFIG_ATH9K_RATE_CONTROL
- hw->rate_control_algorithm = "ath9k_rate_control";
-#endif
-
if (sc->sc_ah->caps.hw_caps & ATH9K_HW_CAP_2GHZ)
hw->wiphy->bands[IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ] =
&sc->sbands[IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ];
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.h
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ struct ath_rate_priv {
struct ath_rc_stats rcstats[RATE_TABLE_SIZE];
};
-#ifdef CONFIG_ATH9K_RATE_CONTROL
+#ifdef CONFIG_ATH9K_LEGACY_RATE_CONTROL
int ath_rate_control_register(void);
void ath_rate_control_unregister(void);
#else
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from c_manoha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-3.4/ath9k-disable-powersave-by-default.patch
queue-3.4/ath9k-use-minstrel-rate-control-by-default.patch
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