Any idea why we cannot disable /b rates?

[Ben Greear]

On 02/24/2015 06:45 PM, Yeoh Chun-Yeow wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 3:44 AM, Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com> wrote:
>> Ok, so I found the problem.  Appears that the firmware uses two different
>> fixed rate-ctrl settings, one for non-data (bcast, mgt-frames, etc) and another
>> for data frames.  The non-data one was not being set when user configured
>> fixed rates, so beacons went out at 1Mbps.
>>
>> I updated CT firmware (beta-14) to set both data and non-data to the same
>> value when the driver specifies the rates...  Seems to work...any idea
>> if this is a bad idea in practice?
>
> Rate control is applicable to unicast frame whether it is
> management/data. Broadcast/Multicast rate is required for
> management/data (usually the lowest transmission rate 5GHz is 6Mbps).
>
> So it is more sensible if we can configure the broadcast/multicast
> rate and also disable the rate control for unicast frame by using
> fixed rate.

User-space API doesn't give the ability to set different fixed rates for
different packet types, as far as I know.

So, the current firmware just ignores the fixed rate for management and broadcast
frames.

My firmware change makes the fixed rate apply equally to all types of frames.

Should I make my change optional for mgt/bcast , or should it always set mgt/bcast rates to the
same fixed rates as data packets use?

Thanks,
Ben

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