From b94d8eea44df985ea22b1f51e402b4bbfdd6d793 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Assaf Krauss Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 11:18:42 +0800 Subject: iwlwifi: W/A for the TSF correction in IBSS This patch is a W/A for the TSF sync issue in IBSS merging. HW is not capable to sync TSF (it's constantly little behind). This creates constant IBSS merging upon reception of each beacon, adding and removing station which in turn creates above 50% packet loss and thus dramatically degrade the throughput. The W/A simply stops the driver from declaring it has a reliable TSF value and thus eliminates IBSS merging. Signed-off-by: Assaf Krauss Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler Signed-off-by: Zhu Yi Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-rx.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-rx.c') diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-rx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-rx.c index f3f6ea49fdd..e81bfc42a7c 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-rx.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-rx.c @@ -1173,7 +1173,10 @@ void iwl_rx_reply_rx(struct iwl_priv *priv, rx_status.antenna = 0; rx_status.flag = 0; - rx_status.flag |= RX_FLAG_TSFT; + + /* TSF isn't reliable. In order to allow smooth user experience, + * this W/A doesn't propagate it to the mac80211 */ + /*rx_status.flag |= RX_FLAG_TSFT;*/ if ((unlikely(rx_start->cfg_phy_cnt > 20))) { IWL_DEBUG_DROP("dsp size out of range [0,20]: %d/n", -- cgit v1.2.3