hi all, I found that there is a retry value in net/wireless/core.c
348 rdev->wiphy.retry_short = 7; 349 rdev->wiphy.retry_long = 4; If i set those values to 0. the retry will still exist. Is it correct? Marcus 2014-03-26 21:34 GMT+08:00 abhinav narain <abhinavnarai...@gmail.com>: > 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 "iwconfig" is outdated, don't use it.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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > ath9k-devel mailing list > ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org > https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel > >
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