iwlwifi: allow user to set max rate
allow user to set max rate through #iwconfig <inteface> rate XXX.
mac80211 will try to force this if user set it, but driver is not
in sync which cause mac80211 to report wrong current rate. This
patch will check if max rate is set and force it in rate scaling
Signed-off-by: mohamed abbas <mohamed.abbas@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rs.c
index a82cce5..12c5e5d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rs.c
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@
u16 active_mimo2_rate;
u16 active_mimo3_rate;
u16 active_rate_basic;
+ s8 max_rate_idx; /* Max rate set by user */
struct iwl_link_quality_cmd lq;
struct iwl_scale_tbl_info lq_info[LQ_SIZE]; /* "active", "search" */
@@ -1759,6 +1760,15 @@
return;
}
+ /* force user max rate if set by user */
+ if ((lq_sta->max_rate_idx != -1) &&
+ (lq_sta->max_rate_idx < index)) {
+ index = lq_sta->max_rate_idx;
+ update_lq = 1;
+ window = &(tbl->win[index]);
+ goto lq_update;
+ }
+
window = &(tbl->win[index]);
/*
@@ -1850,6 +1860,11 @@
low = high_low & 0xff;
high = (high_low >> 8) & 0xff;
+ /* If user set max rate, dont allow higher than user constrain */
+ if ((lq_sta->max_rate_idx != -1) &&
+ (lq_sta->max_rate_idx < high))
+ high = IWL_RATE_INVALID;
+
sr = window->success_ratio;
/* Collect measured throughputs for current and adjacent rates */
@@ -2110,6 +2125,17 @@
IWL_DEBUG_RATE_LIMIT("rate scale calculate new rate for skb\n");
+ /* Get max rate if user set max rate */
+ if (lq_sta) {
+ lq_sta->max_rate_idx = txrc->max_rate_idx;
+ if ((sband->band == IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ) &&
+ (lq_sta->max_rate_idx != -1))
+ lq_sta->max_rate_idx += IWL_FIRST_OFDM_RATE;
+ if ((lq_sta->max_rate_idx < 0) ||
+ (lq_sta->max_rate_idx >= IWL_RATE_COUNT))
+ lq_sta->max_rate_idx = -1;
+ }
+
if (sta)
mask_bit = sta->supp_rates[sband->band];
@@ -2220,6 +2246,7 @@
}
lq_sta->is_dup = 0;
+ lq_sta->max_rate_idx = -1;
lq_sta->is_green = rs_use_green(priv, conf);
lq_sta->active_legacy_rate = priv->active_rate & ~(0x1000);
lq_sta->active_rate_basic = priv->active_rate_basic;