Re: [PATCH 07/55] staging: wfx: ensure that retry policy always fallbacks to MCS0 / 1Mbps

Felix Fietkau
2019-12-16T18:08:58Z

On 2019-12-16 18:03, Jérôme Pouiller wrote:
> From: Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@silabs.com>
>
> When not using HT mode, minstrel always includes 1Mbps as fallback rate.
> But, when using HT mode, this fallback is not included. Yet, it seems
> that it could save some frames. So, this patch add it unconditionally.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@silabs.com>
Are you sure that's a good idea? Sometimes a little packet loss can be
preferable over a larger amount of airtime wasted through using really
low rates. Especially when you consider bufferbloat.

- Felix