Re: [PATCH 2/2] ath9k: Choose highest rate of MRR based on IEEE80211_TX_CTL_USE_MINRATE
From: Rajkumar Manoharan <hidden>
Date: 2011-09-29 13:37:08
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 03:06:23PM +0200, Felix Fietkau wrote:
On 2011-09-29 2:14 PM, Rajkumar Manoharan wrote:quoted
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 01:32:03PM +0200, Felix Fietkau wrote:quoted
On 2011-09-29 1:24 PM, Rajkumar Manoharan wrote:quoted
Select appropriate rate as highest rate of rate series, if the frame was asked to be sent at minimum rate. For example nullfunc frames either can be sent at HT rates on normal case or at non-HT rates if it is used for connection monitoring. Signed-off-by: Rajkumar Manoharan<redacted> --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)Shouldn't the check for IEEE80211_TX_CTL_USE_MINRATE be in rate_control_send_low(), so that it does not have to be repeated in every single rate control module?But I donno what could be the side effect of changing rate_control_send_low as it is used by all drivers. And also if the rate control provide the minrate, it can be used to update the PER upon tx status. isnt it?It always updates the PER upon tx status, even if rate_control_send_low was used. It should work the same way for every driver, so I think putting this in the ath9k rc is the wrong place, and it would be weird if a flag with such a generic name as IEEE80211_TX_CTL_USE_MINRATE would be used by some rate control modules and ignored by others.
That true. Till now rate_control_send_low never be used for data frame. So just to be causious, I dicided to process tx_ctl at rate control side. If it wont break any rate control algo other than ath9k, then I send my earlier rfc patch. Thanks for your input. -- Rajkumar