Return-path: Received: from he.sipsolutions.net ([78.46.109.217]:55561 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755379Ab2FKO6L (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Jun 2012 10:58:11 -0400 Message-ID: <1339426690.4520.28.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> (sfid-20120611_165843_901602_FB3D8765) Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] minstrel_ht: enable frame aggregation for fixed rate From: Johannes Berg To: sylvain_gmail Cc: nbd@openwrt.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:58:10 +0200 In-Reply-To: <4FD605DD.9020800@gmail.com> (sfid-20120611_165113_242964_A25B4D05) References: <1339141443-10135-1-git-send-email-sylvain.roger.rieunier@gmail.com> <1339229456.4539.9.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> <4FD605DD.9020800@gmail.com> (sfid-20120611_165113_242964_A25B4D05) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, 2012-06-11 at 16:51 +0200, sylvain_gmail wrote: > Dear Johannes and Felix , > > Here is the description of my patch that I can offer : > > "After trying to fix rate control with minstrel_ht. I realized that, > that fix rate was not allowed to make frames aggregation. > This was due to enable IEEE80211_TX_CTL_RATE_CTRL_PROBE flag of the > ieee80211_tx_info structure. > Because when IEEE80211_TX_CTL_RATE_CTRL_PROBE flag is set frame > aggregation is disabled. > So instead of used sample_idx, who set > IEEE80211_TX_CTL_RATE_CTRL_PROBE flag. I suggest using max_tp_rate and > max_tp_rate2 which do not disabled frame aggregation." > > what is your opinion? Makes more sense than before, but isn't really a viable changelog entry yet :) johannes