From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from bu3sch.de ([62.75.166.246]:51496 "EHLO vs166246.vserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751463Ab0CAWCE (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Mar 2010 17:02:04 -0500 From: Michael Buesch To: "John W. Linville" Subject: Re: Status of http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/56785/ Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 23:01:50 +0100 Cc: Drapko Nitzhonot , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Bob Copeland , stable@kernel.org References: <753864a31002271218r7fce0601l51f78efdf2576f75@mail.gmail.com> <201002272124.31863.mb@bu3sch.de> <20100301201214.GG2961@tuxdriver.com> In-Reply-To: <20100301201214.GG2961@tuxdriver.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-Id: <201003012301.51478.mb@bu3sch.de> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Monday 01 March 2010 21:12:14 John W. Linville wrote: > > An AP running 2.6.32 is unusable without those two patches. > > However, it's rock stable as soon as those are applied. > > commit a951ae2176b982574ffa197455db6c89359fd5eb > Author: Bob Copeland > Date: Wed Jan 20 23:51:04 2010 -0500 > > ath5k: fix setup for CAB queue > > The beacon sent gating doesn't seem to work with any combination > of flags. Thus, buffered frames tend to stay buffered forever, > using up tx descriptors. > > Instead, use the DBA gating and hold transmission of the buffered > frames until 80% of the beacon interval has elapsed using the ready > time. This fixes the following error in AP mode: > > ath5k phy0: no further txbuf available, dropping packet > > Add a comment to acknowledge that this isn't the best solution. > > Signed-off-by: Bob Copeland > Acked-by: Nick Kossifidis > Signed-off-by: John W. Linville > > commit 5d6ce628f986d1a3c523cbb0a5a52095c48cc332 > Author: Bob Copeland > Date: Wed Jan 20 23:51:03 2010 -0500 > > ath5k: dont use external sleep clock in AP mode > > When using the external sleep clock in AP mode, the > TSF increments too quickly, causing beacon interval > to be much lower than it is supposed to be, resulting > in lots of beacon-not-ready interrupts. > > This fixes http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14802. > > Signed-off-by: Bob Copeland > Acked-by: Nick Kossifidis > Signed-off-by: John W. Linville > Ok, so indeed, there was no CC to stable. I think these are critical patches that should go into the stable tree. -- Greetings, Michael.