Return-path: Received: from s3.sipsolutions.net ([5.9.151.49]:55206 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753137AbaFBLDG (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Jun 2014 07:03:06 -0400 Message-ID: <1401706971.4303.3.camel@jlt4.sipsolutions.net> (sfid-20140602_130310_426203_A1B42A38) Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: remove PID rate control From: Johannes Berg To: Stefano Brivio Cc: "John W. Linville" , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Stefano Brivio , Mattias Nissler Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2014 13:02:51 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20140530234122.5f5e0650@vaiolo.localdomain> (sfid-20140530_234139_432994_F8672B9E) References: <1401461248-29427-1-git-send-email-linville@tuxdriver.com> <20140530234122.5f5e0650@vaiolo.localdomain> (sfid-20140530_234139_432994_F8672B9E) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, 2014-05-30 at 23:41 +0200, Stefano Brivio wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, 30 May 2014 10:47:28 -0400 > "John W. Linville" wrote: > > > Minstrel has long since proven its worth. > > Just a quick note: a while ago, somebody proposed > (http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1202.3/02307.html) a > enhanced version of this algorithm that would, according to the related > research and paper [1], outperform Minstrel in most cases. The patch > was not accepted as comments (mostly related to coding style, but not > only that) weren't addressed by the sender. I then never had the time > to seriously look into it. My understanding is that the amended > algorithm would spare some air time compared to Minstrel, and thus it > could provide marginally better performance. > > So, maybe somebody is interested in looking into that. Otherwise, yes, > let's drop it. They can add it back if needed - looks like this was some academic paper and they weren't really interested in submitting it to mainline properly. johannes