2020-06-30 15:43:09

by Toke Høiland-Jørgensen

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Subject: Re: [Make-wifi-fast] Support for airtime scheduling using ath10k

Miguel Catalan Cid <[email protected]> writes:

> Hi,
>
> Do we need to use a specific firmware? It's ok to use the last one from
> kvalo, or should we use the one from candelatech?

Shouldn't matter, I think; the airtime scheduler tries to do its thing
in software. It does have to work around the firmware, to a certain
extent, though, which I suspect is why it doesn't work quite so well as
on ath9k.

Incidentally, this "impedance mismatch" between scheduler and firmware
is what this patch was supposed to fix:

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/[email protected]/

Never did get around to respinning it, so not sure if it still applies.
If it does, you could try taking it for a spin; otherwise I can try
updating it so you can apply it and test :)

-Toke