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rndis_wlan: enable stall workaround by link quality instead of link speed

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Enable workaround for poor link stalls by link quality instead of link
speed. Using link speed caused workaround be active always on 802.11b
networks which reduced performance and not even catch all stalls.

Signed-off-by: Jussi Kivilinna <jussi.kivilinna@mbnet.fi>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Jussi Kivilinna 2008-02-06 15:36:10 +02:00 committed by John W. Linville
parent 281c56dd27
commit a97b1f3d20
1 changed files with 5 additions and 9 deletions
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drivers/net/wireless/rndis_wlan.c
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@ -2300,7 +2300,7 @@ static void rndis_update_wireless_stats(struct work_struct *work)
struct usbnet *usbdev = priv->usbdev;
struct iw_statistics iwstats;
__le32 rssi, tmp;
int len, ret, bitrate, j;
int len, ret, j;
unsigned long flags;
int update_jiffies = STATS_UPDATE_JIFFIES;
void *buf;
@ -2352,14 +2352,10 @@ static void rndis_update_wireless_stats(struct work_struct *work)
if (ret == 0)
iwstats.discard.misc += le32_to_cpu(tmp);
/* Workaround transfer stalls on poor quality links. */
len = sizeof(tmp);
ret = rndis_query_oid(usbdev, OID_GEN_LINK_SPEED, &tmp, &len);
if (ret == 0) {
bitrate = le32_to_cpu(tmp) * 100;
if (bitrate > 11000000)
goto end;
/* Workaround transfer stalls on poor quality links.
* TODO: find right way to fix these stalls (as stalls do not happen
* with ndiswrapper/windows driver). */
if (iwstats.qual.qual <= 25) {
/* Decrease stats worker interval to catch stalls.
* faster. Faster than 400-500ms causes packet loss,
* Slower doesn't catch stalls fast enough.