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ath9k: Use minstrel rate control by default

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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.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Jouni Malinen <jouni@qca.qualcomm.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Sujith Manoharan 2013-06-06 10:06:29 +05:30 committed by John W. Linville
parent 9600593178
commit 5efac94999
4 changed files with 9 additions and 9 deletions
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drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Kconfig
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@ -92,13 +92,17 @@ 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"

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drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Makefile
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@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ath9k-y += beacon.o \
antenna.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

4
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c
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@ -829,10 +829,6 @@ void ath9k_set_hw_capab(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
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];

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drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.h
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@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ static inline void ath_debug_stat_retries(struct ath_rate_priv *rc, int rix,
}
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_ATH9K_RATE_CONTROL
#ifdef CONFIG_ATH9K_LEGACY_RATE_CONTROL
int ath_rate_control_register(void);
void ath_rate_control_unregister(void);
#else