From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from smtp.codeaurora.org ([198.145.29.96]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.92 #3 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1hniy5-0007QE-9S for ath11k@lists.infradead.org; Wed, 17 Jul 2019 12:23:34 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] ath11k: support for multicast rate control From: Kalle Valo In-Reply-To: <20190705103109.3731-2-sven@narfation.org> References: <20190705103109.3731-2-sven@narfation.org> Message-Id: <20190717122332.AED4161728@smtp.codeaurora.org> Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 12:23:32 +0000 (UTC) List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "ath11k" Errors-To: ath11k-bounces+kvalo=adurom.com@lists.infradead.org To: Sven Eckelmann Cc: ath11k@lists.infradead.org, Sven Eckelmann Sven Eckelmann wrote: > The multicasts have to be done at a rate which is a basic rate. But the > ath11k firmware is always doing them on 1 Mbit/s for 2.4GHz and 6 Mbit/s > for 5GHz. These might not be the basic rates which the AP advertised. > Clients which don't support these rates will therefore not be able to > receive the multicast/broadcast. > > Also some mesh protocols try to estimate the probability of a successful > submission of broadcast/multicast frames. In such setups, the multicast > rate is usually manually set to an higher value to better simulate the > rates which are used for unicast transmission. > > mac80211 already calculates the correct multicast rate for the driver and > ath11k just has to send this information to the firmware rate control. > > Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann > Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo 3 patches applied to ath11k-bringup branch of ath.git, thanks. c885aaf227ec ath11k: support for multicast rate control caa114b794e3 ath11k: support for mgmt rate control 687fbb379e71 ath11k: apply mgmt rate for beacons -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11032957/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches _______________________________________________ ath11k mailing list ath11k@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/ath11k