From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail.toke.dk ([52.28.52.200]:44503 "EHLO mail.toke.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752576AbcKIKmV (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Nov 2016 05:42:21 -0500 From: =?utf-8?Q?Toke_H=C3=B8iland-J=C3=B8rgensen?= To: Tim Shepard Cc: Kalle Valo , make-wifi-fast@lists.bufferbloat.net, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Felix Fietkau Subject: Re: [v5] ath9k: Switch to using mac80211 intermediate software queues. References: Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2016 11:42:16 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Tim Shepard's message of "Tue, 08 Nov 2016 21:44:42 -0500") Message-ID: <87k2cd0waf.fsf@toke.dk> (sfid-20161109_114225_804809_8B5A7931) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Tim Shepard writes: >> While at it, could you also add to the commit log some info how awesome this >> patch is from user's point of view and how it helps. For example, before and >> and after numbers and other results. > > That varies wildly, depending on many details of the scenario > (including the wireless capabilities of the clients connected to the > AP using this patch, and how far away those clients are). There's > really not enough room in a commit message to explain enough to make > any such claimed numbers reproducible. I disagree; it's quite straightforward to demonstrate a gain from this on an ath9k access point. And while of course the mac80211 queues is the reason for this, the commit that uses it (i.e. this one) can explain that and include some numbers. I'll add that and resend :) -Toke