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Date:      Thu, 24 Oct 2013 20:49:56 -0400
From:      Sean Bruno <sean_bruno@yahoo.com>
To:        Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: [iwn] request to test: linkq, plcp, txrate fixes
Message-ID:  <1382662196.2498.1.camel@localhost>
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On Thu, 2013-10-24 at 13:04 -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> Hi!
>=20
> I have a patch against iwn(4):
>=20
> http://people.freebsd.org/~adrian/ath/20131024-iwn-1-fix-xmit-rate-plcp-l=
inkq.diff
>=20
> This does a few things:
>=20
> * The multi-rate retry ("link quality" stuff) on iwn is a table, and I
> think I broke it slightly when I implemented 11n rate control. This
> disables it for now, at least until I / someone implements a replacement
> table setup and linkq decision.
>=20
> * get rid of the rate index stuff - it was used to decide a few things an=
d
> it was doing legacy-only rate index lookups. I've just removed it; it's n=
ot
> needed.
>=20
> * Teach the raw transmit path to use the new plcp lookup routine that set=
s
> things up.
>=20
> * Correctly implement 11g protection. Right now it was a bit of a hack an=
d
> it was not correct for 11a or 11n operation.
>=20
> I still get transmit hangs on my 4965 but the "invalid rate" failures hav=
e
> disappeared. But for some odd reason, the transmits completed but weren't
> being marked as failed. I don't yet know why.
>=20
> I'm also not sure why transmit is hanging; sometimes it looks like DMA
> stalls somehow.
>=20
> So - maybe this'll help with various 11n issues on iwn(4), maybe it won't=
.
> I'm not sure yet. I'm trying to avoid taking ownership of iwn(4) but I
> rather dislike the occasional 5100/4965 hangs..
>=20
> Thanks,
>=20
>=20
>=20
> -adrian

running this now against 11-CURRENT.  No issues noted on my adapter
(Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak]).  All seems very good.

I haven't tried it the office though, and that's the one that's the most
interesting I fear.

sean

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