[PATCH] wifi: ath11k: fix ack signal strength calculation
Jeff Johnson
quic_jjohnson at quicinc.com
Wed Jun 12 12:26:34 PDT 2024
On 6/10/2024 7:25 PM, Lingbo Kong wrote:
> Currently, the calculation of ack signal strength is incorrect.
>
> This is because before calculating the ack signal strength, ath11k need
> to determine whether the hardware and firmware support db2dbm. If the
> hardware and firmware support db2dbm, do not need to add noise floor,
> otherwise, need to add noise floor.
>
> Besides, the value of ack_rssi passed by firmware to ath11k should be a
> signed number, so change its type to s8.
>
> After that, "iw wlan0 station dump" show the correct ack signal strength.
>
> Such as:
> root at CDCCSTEX0799733-LIN:~# iw wlp88s0 station dump
> Station 00:03:7f:12:df:df (on wlp88s0)
> inactive time: 75 ms
> rx bytes: 11599
> rx packets: 99
> tx bytes: 9029
> tx packets: 81
> tx retries: 4
> tx failed: 0
> rx drop misc: 2
> signal: -16 dBm
> signal avg: -24 dBm
> tx bitrate: 1560.0 MBit/s VHT-MCS 9 80MHz VHT-NSS 4
> tx duration: 9230 us
> rx bitrate: 1560.0 MBit/s VHT-MCS 9 80MHz VHT-NSS 4
> rx duration: 7201 us
> last ack signal:-23 dBm
> avg ack signal: -22 dBm
>
> Tested-on: WCN6855 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HSP.1.1-03125-QCAHSPSWPL_V1_V2_SILICONZ_LITE-3.6510.30
> Tested-on: QCN9074 hw1.0 PCI WLAN.HK.2.7.0.1-01744-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
>
> Signed-off-by: Lingbo Kong <quic_lingbok at quicinc.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson at quicinc.com>
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