Re: [RFC 0/3] add TPC capability for AR9002 based chips

[Oleksij Rempel <linux@rempel-privat.de>]

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Am 29.12.2014 um 15:18 schrieb Lorenzo Bianconi:
>> Am 28.12.2014 um 15:32 schrieb Lorenzo Bianconi:
>>>> Hi, can you please describe some testcases for you patches.
>>>>
>>>
>>> This patchset adds Transmission Power Control (TPC) for AR9002 based
>>> chips. IOW it enables the capability of correct TX power on per-packet
>>> basis. It is preparatory for upcoming Thomas's joint rate and power
>>> control
>>>  algorithm.
>>
>> Do you mean, right now there is no way to test your patches?
>>
> 
> I have just added TPC support to ath9k. In order to exploit that hw
> feature we have to wait Thomas's algorithm :).
> However in order to test patches you can set tx_power field of
> ath_frame_info data structure in setup_frame_info() to a different
> value (for the moment it is set to MAX_RATE_POWER) and measure the RX
> power on the other end of the link (this is what I did).

Ok, thank you.
We will talk with Adrian how to mesure it at home.

> 
> Regards,
> Lorenzo
> 
>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Lorenzo
>>>
>>>> Am 27.12.2014 um 15:12 schrieb Lorenzo Bianconi:
>>>>> This patchset adds TPC capability to ath9k for AR9002 based chips
>>>>>
>>>>> *[RFC 1/3]: add TX power per-rate tables to cap TX power in TX descriptor path
>>>>> *[RFC 2/3]: cap per-packet TX power according to TX power per-rate tables
>>>>> *[RFC 3/3]: enable per-packet TPC on AR9002 based chips by default
>>>>>
>>>>> This pachset is based on Adrian Chadd's hints
>>>>> (https://www.mail-archive.com/ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org/msg10396.html)
>>>>>
>>>>> Lorenzo Bianconi (3):
>>>>>   ath9k: add power per-rate tables for AR9002 chips
>>>>>   ath9k: add TPC to TX path for AR9002 based chips
>>>>>   ath9k: enable per-packet TPC on AR9002 based chips
>>>>>
>>>>>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar5008_phy.c  | 80 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/debug.c       |  5 --
>>>>>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom_4k.c   | 14 +++++
>>>>>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom_9287.c | 15 ++++++
>>>>>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom_def.c  | 14 +++++
>>>>>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c          |  3 +-
>>>>>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h          |  2 +
>>>>>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c        | 66 +++++++++++++++++++----
>>>>>  8 files changed, 181 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Oleksij
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Oleksij
>>
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Regards,
Oleksij


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