From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail2.candelatech.com ([208.74.158.173]) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.85_2 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1bLYCt-0005u5-Uc for ath10k@lists.infradead.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2016 16:00:48 +0000 Subject: Re: ath10k + iw set bitrates is causing FW crash References: <1467972560885.99812@qti.qualcomm.com> <1467982766213.21223@qti.qualcomm.com> <577FC9D0.2010809@candelatech.com> From: Ben Greear Message-ID: <577FCB04.4030905@candelatech.com> Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2016 08:47:16 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Sender: "ath10k" Errors-To: ath10k-bounces+kvalo=adurom.com@lists.infradead.org To: Krishna Chaitanya Cc: linux-wireless , "Manoharan, Rajkumar" , ath10k On 07/08/2016 08:44 AM, Krishna Chaitanya wrote: > On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 9:12 PM, Ben Greear wrote: >> On 07/08/2016 08:39 AM, Krishna Chaitanya wrote: >> >>> Also can you please tell me how to make ath10k use minstrel rc, its needed >>> for comparative purposes? Is disable HW_RATE_CONTROL enough or does >>> it need more changes? >> >> >> It cannot be done. You have to use whatever rate-ctrl is baked into the >> firmware. > Ok, its a good feature to have. > It is unlikely to happen anytime soon. It requires significant firmware modification (and driver too), and probably you would have to add MU-MIMO support to minstrel if you wanted to support latest ath10k NICs. Thanks, Ben -- Ben Greear Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com _______________________________________________ ath10k mailing list ath10k@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/ath10k From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail2.candelatech.com ([208.74.158.173]:58563 "EHLO mail2.candelatech.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755284AbcGHPrX (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jul 2016 11:47:23 -0400 Subject: Re: ath10k + iw set bitrates is causing FW crash To: Krishna Chaitanya References: <1467972560885.99812@qti.qualcomm.com> <1467982766213.21223@qti.qualcomm.com> <577FC9D0.2010809@candelatech.com> Cc: "Manoharan, Rajkumar" , linux-wireless , ath10k From: Ben Greear Message-ID: <577FCB04.4030905@candelatech.com> (sfid-20160708_174730_461131_9511C085) Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2016 08:47:16 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 07/08/2016 08:44 AM, Krishna Chaitanya wrote: > On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 9:12 PM, Ben Greear wrote: >> On 07/08/2016 08:39 AM, Krishna Chaitanya wrote: >> >>> Also can you please tell me how to make ath10k use minstrel rc, its needed >>> for comparative purposes? Is disable HW_RATE_CONTROL enough or does >>> it need more changes? >> >> >> It cannot be done. You have to use whatever rate-ctrl is baked into the >> firmware. > Ok, its a good feature to have. > It is unlikely to happen anytime soon. It requires significant firmware modification (and driver too), and probably you would have to add MU-MIMO support to minstrel if you wanted to support latest ath10k NICs. Thanks, Ben -- Ben Greear Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com