[LEDE-DEV] [PATCH] ath9k: Add airtime fairness scheduler

[Weedy]

On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke at toke.dk> wrote:
> Weedy <weedy2887 at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 5:16 AM, Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke at toke.dk> wrote:
>>> This adds a patch that introduces airtime fairness scheduling to ath9k,
>>> which can significantly improve network efficiency in mixed-rate
>>> environments.
>> ...
>>> ++      astats = &an->airtime_stats;
>>> ++
>>> ++      len += scnprintf(buf + len, size - len, "RX: %u us\n", astats->rx_airtime);
>>> ++      len += scnprintf(buf + len, size - len, "TX: %u us\n", astats->tx_airtime);
>>> ++      len += scnprintf(buf + len, size - len, "Deficit: ");
>>> ++      for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
>>> ++              len += scnprintf(buf+len, size - len, "%s: %lld us ", qname[i], an->airtime_deficit[i]);
>>> ++      if (len < size)
>>> ++              buf[len++] = '\n';
>>> ++
>>> ++      retval = simple_read_from_buffer(user_buf, count, ppos, buf, len);
>>> ++      kfree(buf);
>>> ++
>>> ++      return retval;
>>> ++}
>>
>> I'm supposed to have a
>> /sys/kernel/debug/ieee80211/phy0/netdev\:wlan0/stations/something/airtime
>> right?
>
> Yeah, you should. Do you have
> /sys/kernel/debug/ieee80211/phy0/ath9k/airtime_flags ?

Yes I do. It's set to 7

>> Should I have done anything else besides:
>> # curl https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/699159/raw/ | git apply -v
>> # make V=s package/mac80211/{clean,install}
>
> [..]
>
> No, don't think so. Did you reload the right kernel modules after
> installing the updated kmod package? You'll need to reload at least the
> 'ath' and 'ath9k' modules...
>
> -Toke

I flashed the resulting image, so full reboot.