From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.6 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_INVALID, DKIM_SIGNED,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C07FEC433DF for ; Thu, 27 Aug 2020 10:16:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 962742075B for ; Thu, 27 Aug 2020 10:16:47 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (1024-bit key) header.d=mg.codeaurora.org header.i=@mg.codeaurora.org header.b="PquWN8D4" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728857AbgH0KP7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Aug 2020 06:15:59 -0400 Received: from mail29.static.mailgun.info ([104.130.122.29]:50491 "EHLO mail29.static.mailgun.info" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728671AbgH0KOw (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Aug 2020 06:14:52 -0400 DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha256; v=1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mg.codeaurora.org; q=dns/txt; s=smtp; t=1598523292; h=Date: Message-Id: Cc: To: References: In-Reply-To: From: Subject: Content-Transfer-Encoding: MIME-Version: Content-Type: Sender; bh=E9clqFvY5f4iEFBnpGzj5ZugZtSJo9tL+jaebHQ6mRM=; b=PquWN8D4pEthstqKkutQfrDN8sZia2pfj6UaAdin9VgowrlcZ6FE0MTz096Q+uAuK57fdo6I vtaaqLe+j4S1Zr7yyovIETjDwYjhKWxgA5W76UHWOjNpYAfYYh9OVla9wIRGWJ+FkK5u+U0c 2kkZD6fQFlD8WkpWQCRwlwlHa2o= X-Mailgun-Sending-Ip: 104.130.122.29 X-Mailgun-Sid: WyI3YTAwOSIsICJsaW51eC13aXJlbGVzc0B2Z2VyLmtlcm5lbC5vcmciLCAiYmU5ZTRhIl0= Received: from smtp.codeaurora.org (ec2-35-166-182-171.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com [35.166.182.171]) by smtp-out-n06.prod.us-east-1.postgun.com with SMTP id 5f47878f797ad9909bb8d12f (version=TLS1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256); Thu, 27 Aug 2020 10:14:39 GMT Received: by smtp.codeaurora.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 75C57C43387; Thu, 27 Aug 2020 10:14:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from potku.adurom.net (88-114-240-156.elisa-laajakaista.fi [88.114.240.156]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: kvalo) by smtp.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 10268C433C6; Thu, 27 Aug 2020 10:14:36 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 smtp.codeaurora.org 10268C433C6 Authentication-Results: aws-us-west-2-caf-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=codeaurora.org Authentication-Results: aws-us-west-2-caf-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=kvalo@codeaurora.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [PATCH] wcn36xx: Setup starting bitrate to MCS-5 From: Kalle Valo In-Reply-To: <1598345341-4505-1-git-send-email-loic.poulain@linaro.org> References: <1598345341-4505-1-git-send-email-loic.poulain@linaro.org> To: Loic Poulain Cc: wcn36xx@lists.infradead.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, bryan.odonoghue@linaro.org, Loic Poulain User-Agent: pwcli/0.1.0-git (https://github.com/kvalo/pwcli/) Python/3.5.2 Message-Id: <20200827101438.75C57C43387@smtp.codeaurora.org> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2020 10:14:38 +0000 (UTC) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Loic Poulain wrote: > By default, after associated to an AP, the wcn36xx bitrate adjustment > algorithm starts sending data at 1Mbps, and increases the rate slowly > (1Mbps, 2Mbps, 6Mbps...) over the further TX packets. > > Starting at 1Mbps usually causes the initial throughput to be really > low and the maximum possible bitrate to be reached after about hundreed > of TX packets. > > That can be improved by setting a different initial bitrate for data > packets via the ENABLE_DYNAMIC_RA_START_RATE configuration value, this > value can be a legacy or MCS rate. > > This patch sets the starting bitrate value to MCS-5, which seems to be > a good compromise given it can be quickly adjusted low or up if necessary. > (and based on what I observed in the wild with some mobile devices) > > Signed-off-by: Loic Poulain > Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks. 1fcdb567df1b wcn36xx: Setup starting bitrate to MCS-5 -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11735209/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches