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From: Bhavesh Kamani <bhavesh.kamani@cyberoam.com>
Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 20:29:05 +0530
Subject: [ath9k-devel] ath9k : Not able to set LongRetry and ShortRetry.
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Hi Team,

I am using this Ar9380 NIC as AP using hostapd 2.0.

Thanks,
Bhavesh.

On Monday 12 May 2014 08:26 PM, Bhavesh Kamani wrote:
> Hi Team,
>
> I have changed the values of following four macros and set it to 2 to 
> change LongRetryLimit and ShortRetryLimit, but I am not able to see 
> any difference.
>
> File : drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/mac.h
> #define INIT_SH_RETRY   10
> #define INIT_LG_RETRY   10
> #define INIT_SSH_RETRY  32
> #define INIT_SLG_RETRY  32
>
> After setting value 2, I am able to see more than 2 retries when ACK 
> is not sent by WiFi client for particular packet.
> Please let me know how to change LongRetryLimit and ShortRetryLimit.
> Is it the right place where I am changing the values? If yes, then 
> what are the possible value ranges for LongRetryLimit and 
> ShortRetryLimit?
>
> ath9k version : backports-3.12.8-1
> Hardware : AR9380 miniPCIe
>
> Thanks,
> Bhavesh.