[ath9k-devel] ath9k, multiple stations, and AMPDUs

[Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>]

I think I have narrowed down some problems I see when I create
two STA interfaces on the same radio and associate with the
same AP.

I'm using wireless-testing plus some patches to the rx logic
I posted earlier.

It appears that the ath9k NIC does not transport AMPDUs properly,
and after a few seconds, it's backlog is exhausted and the queues
are stopped in ath_tx_start.

debugfs seems to agree:

[root at atom ~]# cat /debug/ath9k/phy0/xmit
                             BE         BK        VI        VO

MPDUs Queued:                2          0         0        85
MPDUs Completed:             2          0         0        85
Aggregates:                  0          0         0         0
AMPDUs Queued:             144          0         0         0
AMPDUs Completed:           20          0         0         0
AMPDUs Retried:             18          0         0         0
AMPDUs XRetried:             0          0         0         0
FIFO Underrun:               0          0         0         0
TXOP Exceeded:               0          0         0         0
TXTIMER Expiry:              0          0         0         0
DESC CFG Error:              0          0         0         0
DATA Underrun:               0          0         0         0
DELIM Underrun:              0          0         0         0
[root at atom ~]#


I can still receive packets on the interface, but nothing is
transmitted.

I tested against an a/b/g AP (instead of N), and it ran clean
for many minutes.

Any ideas how to debug this further?

Thanks,
Ben
	
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Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com