Return-path: Received: from mail-yw0-f195.google.com ([209.85.161.195]:36145 "EHLO mail-yw0-f195.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755830AbcGHPt5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jul 2016 11:49:57 -0400 Received: by mail-yw0-f195.google.com with SMTP id y188so5338002ywf.3 for ; Fri, 08 Jul 2016 08:49:57 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <577FCB04.4030905@candelatech.com> References: <1467972560885.99812@qti.qualcomm.com> <1467982766213.21223@qti.qualcomm.com> <577FC9D0.2010809@candelatech.com> <577FCB04.4030905@candelatech.com> From: Krishna Chaitanya Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2016 21:19:37 +0530 Message-ID: (sfid-20160708_175006_130890_E0000704) Subject: Re: ath10k + iw set bitrates is causing FW crash To: Ben Greear Cc: "Manoharan, Rajkumar" , linux-wireless , ath10k Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 9:17 PM, Ben Greear wrote: > On 07/08/2016 08:44 AM, Krishna Chaitanya wrote: >> >> On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 9:12 PM, Ben Greear >> wrote: >>> >>> On 07/08/2016 08:39 AM, Krishna Chaitanya wrote: >>> >>>> Also can you please tell me how to make ath10k use minstrel rc, its >>>> needed >>>> for comparative purposes? Is disable HW_RATE_CONTROL enough or does >>>> it need more changes? >>> >>> >>> >>> It cannot be done. You have to use whatever rate-ctrl is baked into the >>> firmware. >> >> Ok, its a good feature to have. >> > > It is unlikely to happen anytime soon. It requires significant firmware > modification (and driver too), Ok, I understand. >and probably you would have to add MU-MIMO > support to minstrel if you wanted to support latest ath10k NICs. It need not be a full pledged one, but 11ac MIMO works should be good enough (for now).