ath5k: fix setup for CAB queue
The beacon sent gating doesn't seem to work with any combination
of flags. Thus, buffered frames tend to stay buffered forever,
using up tx descriptors.
Instead, use the DBA gating and hold transmission of the buffered
frames until 80% of the beacon interval has elapsed using the ready
time. This fixes the following error in AP mode:
ath5k phy0: no further txbuf available, dropping packet
Add a comment to acknowledge that this isn't the best solution.
Signed-off-by: Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com>
Acked-by: Nick Kossifidis <mickflemm@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
index b501537..535a6af 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
@@ -1516,7 +1516,8 @@
ret = ath5k_hw_get_tx_queueprops(ah, sc->bhalq, &qi);
if (ret)
- return ret;
+ goto err;
+
if (sc->opmode == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP ||
sc->opmode == NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT) {
/*
@@ -1543,10 +1544,25 @@
if (ret) {
ATH5K_ERR(sc, "%s: unable to update parameters for beacon "
"hardware queue!\n", __func__);
- return ret;
+ goto err;
}
+ ret = ath5k_hw_reset_tx_queue(ah, sc->bhalq); /* push to h/w */
+ if (ret)
+ goto err;
- return ath5k_hw_reset_tx_queue(ah, sc->bhalq); /* push to h/w */;
+ /* reconfigure cabq with ready time to 80% of beacon_interval */
+ ret = ath5k_hw_get_tx_queueprops(ah, AR5K_TX_QUEUE_ID_CAB, &qi);
+ if (ret)
+ goto err;
+
+ qi.tqi_ready_time = (sc->bintval * 80) / 100;
+ ret = ath5k_hw_set_tx_queueprops(ah, AR5K_TX_QUEUE_ID_CAB, &qi);
+ if (ret)
+ goto err;
+
+ ret = ath5k_hw_reset_tx_queue(ah, AR5K_TX_QUEUE_ID_CAB);
+err:
+ return ret;
}
static void