From: Felix Fietkau Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 07:40:51 +0000 (+0100) Subject: ath9k_hw: fix the slot time setting for long distance links X-Git-Url: https://git.stricted.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=caabf2bf228cd6b1c6197dbb25bddb4682d30c9d;p=GitHub%2FLineageOS%2Fandroid_kernel_samsung_universal7580.git ath9k_hw: fix the slot time setting for long distance links Testing shows that adjusting the slot time based on the coverage class produces very high latencies and very low throughput on long distance links. Adjusting only the ACK timeout and leaving the slot time at the regular values - while technically not optimal for CSMA - works a lot better on long links (tested with 10 km distance) Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c index ce4891ea488..0f373be9ef8 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c @@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ void ath9k_hw_init_global_settings(struct ath_hw *ah) if (conf->channel && conf->channel->band == IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ) acktimeout += 64 - sifstime - ah->slottime; - ath9k_hw_setslottime(ah, slottime); + ath9k_hw_setslottime(ah, ah->slottime); ath9k_hw_set_ack_timeout(ah, acktimeout); ath9k_hw_set_cts_timeout(ah, acktimeout); if (ah->globaltxtimeout != (u32) -1)