From: "Arend van Spriel" <arend@broadcom.com>
To: "Seth Forshee" <seth.forshee@canonical.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
"John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>,
"Franky (Zhenhui) Lin" <frankyl@broadcom.com>,
"Brett Rudley" <brudley@broadcom.com>,
"Roland Vossen" <rvossen@broadcom.com>,
brcm80211-dev-list@broadcom.com, "Daniel Wagner" <wagi@monom.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/22] brcmsmac: Introduce AMPDU sessions for assembling AMPDUs
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 09:36:21 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <50A5FB05.4040500@broadcom.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1352988492-21340-2-git-send-email-seth.forshee@canonical.com>
On 11/15/2012 03:07 PM, Seth Forshee wrote:
> AMPDU session allows MPDUs to be temporarily queued until either a full
> AMPDU has been collected or circumstances dictate that transmission
> should start with a partial AMPDU. Packets are added to the session by
I started reviewing this and reading this commit message got me
wondering about the .flush() problems. I realized the flush would be a
"circumstance" to start transmission of a partial AMPDU, but I am pretty
sure it currently is not treated as such.
Regards,
Arend
> calling brcms_c_ampdu_add_frame(). brcms_c_ampdu_finalize() should be
> called to fix up the tx headers in the first and last packet before
> adding the packets to the DMA ring. brmcs_c_sendampdu() is converted to
> using AMPDU sessions.
>
> This patch has no real value on it's own, but is needed in preparation
> for elimination of the tx packet queue from brcmsmac.
>
> Signed-off-by: Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@canonical.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/ampdu.c | 625 +++++++++++++----------
> drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/ampdu.h | 26 +
> 2 files changed, 377 insertions(+), 274 deletions(-)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-11-16 8:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 77+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-11-15 14:07 [PATCH v2 00/22] brcmsmac: Tx rework and expanded debug/trace support Seth Forshee
2012-11-15 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 01/22] brcmsmac: Introduce AMPDU sessions for assembling AMPDUs Seth Forshee
2012-11-16 8:36 ` Arend van Spriel [this message]
2012-11-16 14:12 ` Seth Forshee
2012-11-16 15:02 ` Arend van Spriel
2012-11-16 15:18 ` Seth Forshee
2012-11-19 18:33 ` Arend van Spriel
2012-11-15 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 02/22] brcmsmac: Don't weight AMPDU packets in txfifo Seth Forshee
2012-11-19 18:34 ` Arend van Spriel
2012-11-15 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 03/22] brcmsmac: Add helper function for updating txavail count Seth Forshee
2012-11-19 18:35 ` Arend van Spriel
2012-11-15 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 04/22] brcmsmac: Remove unimplemented flow control functions Seth Forshee
2012-11-19 18:35 ` Arend van Spriel
2012-11-15 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 05/22] brcmsmac: Use IEEE 802.11 AC levels for pktq precedence levels Seth Forshee
2012-11-19 18:42 ` Arend van Spriel
2012-11-19 19:16 ` Seth Forshee
2012-11-19 20:50 ` Arend van Spriel
2012-11-15 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 06/22] brcmsmac: Remove internal tx queue Seth Forshee
2012-11-19 18:47 ` Arend van Spriel
2012-11-15 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 07/22] brcmsmac: Use correct descriptor count when calculating next rx descriptor Seth Forshee
2012-11-15 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 08/22] brcmsmac: Reduce number of entries in tx DMA rings Seth Forshee
2012-11-19 18:47 ` Arend van Spriel
2012-11-15 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 09/22] brcm80211: Allow trace support to be enabled separately from debug Seth Forshee
2012-11-19 20:33 ` Arend van Spriel
2012-11-19 21:15 ` Seth Forshee
2012-11-19 21:19 ` Arend van Spriel
2012-11-19 21:33 ` Seth Forshee
2012-11-27 16:22 ` Seth Forshee
2012-11-15 14:08 ` [PATCH v2 10/22] brcm80211: Convert log message levels to debug levels Seth Forshee
2012-11-15 14:08 ` [PATCH v2 11/22] brcmsmac: Add module parameter for setting the debug level Seth Forshee
2012-11-19 20:35 ` Arend van Spriel
2012-11-15 14:08 ` [PATCH v2 12/22] brcmsmac: Add support for writing debug messages to the trace buffer Seth Forshee
2012-11-19 20:35 ` Arend van Spriel
2012-11-22 13:42 ` Arend van Spriel
2012-11-15 14:08 ` [PATCH v2 13/22] brcmsmac: Use debug macros for general error and debug statements Seth Forshee
2012-11-15 14:08 ` [PATCH v2 14/22] brcmsmac: Add brcms_dbg_mac80211() debug macro Seth Forshee
2012-11-19 20:36 ` Arend van Spriel
2012-11-15 14:08 ` [PATCH v2 15/22] brcmsmac: Add rx and tx debug macros Seth Forshee
2012-11-19 20:37 ` Arend van Spriel
2012-11-15 14:08 ` [PATCH v2 16/22] brcmsmac: Add brcms_dbg_int() debug macro Seth Forshee
2012-11-19 20:37 ` Arend van Spriel
2012-11-15 14:08 ` [PATCH v2 17/22] brcmsmac: Add brcms_dbg_dma() " Seth Forshee
2012-11-19 20:38 ` Arend van Spriel
2012-11-15 14:08 ` [PATCH v2 18/22] brcmsmac: Add brcms_dbg_ht() " Seth Forshee
2012-11-19 20:39 ` Arend van Spriel
2012-11-15 14:08 ` [PATCH v2 19/22] brcmsmac: Improve tx trace and debug support Seth Forshee
2012-11-15 14:08 ` [PATCH v2 20/22] brcmsmac: Add tracepoint for macintstatus Seth Forshee
2012-11-15 14:08 ` [PATCH v2 21/22] brcmsmac: Add tracepoint for AMPDU session information Seth Forshee
2012-11-15 14:08 ` [PATCH v2 22/22] brcmsmac: Remove some noisy and uninformative debug messages Seth Forshee
2012-11-15 19:47 ` [PATCH v2 00/22] brcmsmac: Tx rework and expanded debug/trace support Arend van Spriel
2012-11-19 19:11 ` Daniel Wagner
2012-11-20 7:30 ` Daniel Wagner
2012-11-20 14:28 ` Seth Forshee
2012-11-20 17:44 ` Daniel Wagner
2012-11-20 20:54 ` Seth Forshee
2012-11-20 22:35 ` Daniel Wagner
2012-11-20 22:45 ` Daniel Wagner
2012-11-21 9:44 ` Arend van Spriel
2012-11-21 9:56 ` Daniel Wagner
2012-11-21 14:35 ` Seth Forshee
2012-11-21 17:56 ` Arend van Spriel
2012-11-23 7:32 ` Daniel Wagner
2012-11-26 19:36 ` Seth Forshee
2012-11-26 21:20 ` Daniel Wagner
2012-12-03 8:23 ` Daniel Wagner
2012-12-03 8:37 ` Arend van Spriel
2012-12-03 10:15 ` Daniel Wagner
2012-12-03 17:40 ` Arend van Spriel
2012-12-04 7:25 ` Daniel Wagner
2012-12-05 8:16 ` Daniel Wagner
2012-11-20 21:09 ` Arend van Spriel
2012-11-20 21:16 ` Seth Forshee
2012-11-20 21:51 ` Arend van Spriel
2012-11-20 22:36 ` Seth Forshee
2012-11-20 22:35 ` Daniel Wagner
2012-11-19 20:45 ` Arend van Spriel
2012-11-19 21:33 ` Seth Forshee
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