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| author | Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> | 2009-09-25 14:24:25 -0700 |
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| committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2009-10-07 16:39:36 -0400 |
| commit | 2b396a120922062a0ffd2648be3ed7e72ff83620 (patch) | |
| tree | a8278f7989790a439eaacdd691a1c003232f1d8d /drivers/net/wireless | |
| parent | 9bddbab36d736c181678e07515aaa63045bdcea7 (diff) | |
iwlwifi: default to using all chains
When instructing the microcode to use just a single
chain when we have power saving enabled, we should
also tell the AP that we are doing SM powersave.
However, using a single chain doesn't actually have
any power saving advantage while idle -- measurements
show that the power consumption is no different when
using one vs. two or three chains.
Therefore, always instruct the microcode to use all
chains.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c | 30 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c index 5ff0f66f8aa..e97b104ba1d 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c @@ -948,8 +948,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(iwl_set_rxon_ht); #define IWL_NUM_IDLE_CHAINS_DUAL 2 #define IWL_NUM_IDLE_CHAINS_SINGLE 1 -/* Determine how many receiver/antenna chains to use. - * More provides better reception via diversity. Fewer saves power. +/* + * Determine how many receiver/antenna chains to use. + * + * More provides better reception via diversity. Fewer saves power + * at the expense of throughput, but only when not in powersave to + * start with. + * * MIMO (dual stream) requires at least 2, but works better with 3. * This does not determine *which* chains to use, just how many. */ @@ -962,19 +967,18 @@ static int iwl_get_active_rx_chain_count(struct iwl_priv *priv) return IWL_NUM_RX_CHAINS_MULTIPLE; } +/* + * When we are in power saving, there's no difference between + * using multiple chains or just a single chain, but due to the + * lack of SM PS we lose a lot of throughput if we use just a + * single chain. + * + * Therefore, use the active count here (which will use multiple + * chains unless connected to a legacy AP). + */ static int iwl_get_idle_rx_chain_count(struct iwl_priv *priv, int active_cnt) { - bool is_cam = !test_bit(STATUS_POWER_PMI, &priv->status); - - /* # Rx chains when idling and maybe trying to save power */ - - /* - * XXX: this is incorrect!! - * we always indicate to the AP that - * our SM PS mode is "disabled" - */ - - return is_cam ? active_cnt : IWL_NUM_IDLE_CHAINS_SINGLE; + return active_cnt; } /* up to 4 chains */ |