Hi, just change value from 10 to 0 for retries to be zero! http://lxr.linux.no/linux+v3.13.5/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c#L954
mac80211 API does not update this in ath9k for some reason and the default value of retries is 7 in rate minstrel which has also to be changed. Thanks, Abhinav On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 5:10 AM, Holger Schurig <holgerschu...@gmail.com>wrote: > 1. "iwconfig" is outdated, don't use it. Use "iw" instead > 2. As noted in the mail you linked to, the retry is also done by > software in the mac80211 layer and in the ath9k driver > 3. ath9k based-cards don't have firmware > > So, what you have basically do is to find out where in > drivers/net/wireless/atheros and net/mac80211 or net/wireless the > software-retry handling is taking place and make this switchable. LXR > tells me that IEEE80211_FCTL_RETRY is used in ath9k, see > > http://lxr.linux.no/linux+v3.13.5/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c#L357 > . It seems that the ath9k has a max number of retries defined: > > http://lxr.linux.no/linux+v3.13.5/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h#L653 > > Hope that puts you into the right direction. > _______________________________________________ > ath9k-devel mailing list > ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org > https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel >
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