From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail2.candelatech.com ([208.74.158.173]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.87 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1e20JG-0005uO-9k for ath10k@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 10 Oct 2017 19:35:24 +0000 Subject: Re: What should setting rate on 'AP' interface mean? References: From: Ben Greear Message-ID: <32d357fe-5904-4e8d-2a1e-84a16f498e06@candelatech.com> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 12:34:59 -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: Adrian Chadd Cc: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , ath10k On 10/10/2017 12:09 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: > Hi, > > IIRC, I think it's the drivers job to determine per-peer fixed rate. From poking at the 10.1 firmware source, seems that setting fixed RC on the vdev should over-ride all of the stations, but it did not appear to be working as expected... While trying to debug that, I hit a kernel lockup on rmmod ...it is hard to make progress some days! Thanks, Ben > > > > -adrian > > > On 10 October 2017 at 11:34, Ben Greear wrote: >> I was trying to use 'iw' to set rates on an AP interface, hoping it would >> set tx-rates on all of the stations (peers) to the same thing. >> >> It appears that the ath10k driver will set ratesets on all stations if >> we specify more than one rate, but if we specify a single rate, it does >> not iterate through all stations, and just sets the 'vdev' fixed rate. >> >> So, should the driver somehow attempt to set single rate on all the stations >> when >> using a single rate? >> >> Or, do we need an API to force rates for individual stations (peers) and >> leave >> the driver in the current configuration? >> >> Or is it the firmware's responsibility to set the rate for all peers when >> we set the vdev fixed rate on an AP vdev? >> >> Thanks, >> Ben >> >> -- >> Ben Greear >> Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com >> > -- Ben Greear Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com _______________________________________________ ath10k mailing list ath10k@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/ath10k