[PATCH] ath10k: Set proper nss value for the peer

Kalle Valo kvalo at qca.qualcomm.com
Thu Feb 13 09:50:08 EST 2014


Marek Kwaczynski <marek.kwaczynski at tieto.com> writes:

> It was found during testing the nss calculation does not
> cover all corner cases. Station could request eq. only MCS8
> and MCS9 (nss=2 specific). Next num_rates=2 so the driver
> sets nss=(max((2+7)/8, 1))=1. Which is wrong. The in-driver
> calculation was introduced prior (commit ddcc347b70
> mac80211: fix rx_nss calculation for drivers with hw rc).
> Since it's fixed, use mac80211 provided value from now.
> End user will experience lower throuhputs than expected
> if the nss is wrongly calculated.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marek Kwaczynski <marek.kwaczynski at tieto.com>

Thanks, applied.

-- 
Kalle Valo



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