mac80211/drivers: rewrite the rate control API
So after the previous changes we were still unhappy with how convoluted the API is and decided to make things simpler for everybody. This completely changes the rate control API, now taking into account 802.11n with MCS rates and more control, most drivers don't support that though. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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@@ -541,8 +541,8 @@ ath5k_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
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/* set up multi-rate retry capabilities */
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if (sc->ah->ah_version == AR5K_AR5212) {
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hw->max_altrates = 3;
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hw->max_altrate_tries = 11;
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hw->max_rates = 4;
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hw->max_rate_tries = 11;
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}
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/* Finish private driver data initialization */
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@@ -1181,7 +1181,7 @@ ath5k_txbuf_setup(struct ath5k_softc *sc, struct ath5k_buf *bf)
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ieee80211_get_hdrlen_from_skb(skb), AR5K_PKT_TYPE_NORMAL,
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(sc->power_level * 2),
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ieee80211_get_tx_rate(sc->hw, info)->hw_value,
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info->control.retry_limit, keyidx, 0, flags, 0, 0);
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info->control.rates[0].count, keyidx, 0, flags, 0, 0);
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if (ret)
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goto err_unmap;
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@@ -1193,7 +1193,7 @@ ath5k_txbuf_setup(struct ath5k_softc *sc, struct ath5k_buf *bf)
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break;
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mrr_rate[i] = rate->hw_value;
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mrr_tries[i] = info->control.retries[i].limit;
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mrr_tries[i] = info->control.rates[i + 1].count;
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}
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ah->ah_setup_mrr_tx_desc(ah, ds,
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@@ -1849,30 +1849,26 @@ ath5k_tx_processq(struct ath5k_softc *sc, struct ath5k_txq *txq)
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pci_unmap_single(sc->pdev, bf->skbaddr, skb->len,
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PCI_DMA_TODEVICE);
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memset(&info->status, 0, sizeof(info->status));
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info->tx_rate_idx = ath5k_hw_to_driver_rix(sc,
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ts.ts_rate[ts.ts_final_idx]);
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info->status.retry_count = ts.ts_longretry;
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ieee80211_tx_info_clear_status(info);
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for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
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struct ieee80211_tx_altrate *r =
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&info->status.retries[i];
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struct ieee80211_tx_rate *r =
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&info->status.rates[i];
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if (ts.ts_rate[i]) {
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r->rate_idx = ath5k_hw_to_driver_rix(sc, ts.ts_rate[i]);
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r->limit = ts.ts_retry[i];
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r->idx = ath5k_hw_to_driver_rix(sc, ts.ts_rate[i]);
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r->count = ts.ts_retry[i];
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} else {
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r->rate_idx = -1;
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r->limit = 0;
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r->idx = -1;
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r->count = 0;
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}
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}
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info->status.excessive_retries = 0;
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/* count the successful attempt as well */
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info->status.rates[ts.ts_final_idx].count++;
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if (unlikely(ts.ts_status)) {
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sc->ll_stats.dot11ACKFailureCount++;
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if (ts.ts_status & AR5K_TXERR_XRETRY)
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info->status.excessive_retries = 1;
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else if (ts.ts_status & AR5K_TXERR_FILT)
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if (ts.ts_status & AR5K_TXERR_FILT)
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info->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_STAT_TX_FILTERED;
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} else {
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info->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_STAT_ACK;
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