On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 6:28 PM, Stephen Donecker <[email protected]> wrote: > Thomas, > > Based on this format, it looks like you are using the minstrel_ht rate > control algorithm (cat /<debugfs>/<phy>/rc_name to confirm). > > # cat /sys/kernel/debug/ieee80211/phy0/rc/name > minstrel_ht > > At least > as far as throughput is concerned, the ath9k rate control seems to > perform better. Enable with CONFIG_ATH9K_RATE_CONTROL=y. > > I attempted to enable the ATH9K rate control but was unsuccessful. > In compat-wireless-2012-05-29/config.mk I configured the following: > > # choose between pid and minstrel as default rate control algorithm > #export CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT=minstrel_ht > #export CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_MINSTREL=y > export CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_PID=y > # This is the one used by our compat-wireless net/mac80211/rate.c > # in case you have and old kernel which is overriding this to pid. > #export CONFIG_COMPAT_MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT=minstrel_ht > # export CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_PID=y > #export CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_MINSTREL=y > #export CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_MINSTREL_HT=y > > # Disable this to get minstrel as default, we leave the ath9k > # rate control algorithm as the default for now as that is also > # default upstream on the kernel. We will move this to minstrel > # as default once we get minstrel properly tested and blessed by > # our systems engineering team. CCK rates also need to be used > # for long range considerations. > export CONFIG_COMPAT_ATH9K_RATE_CONTROL=y > > During the build process I kept getting errors about error: redefinition of > 'ath_rate_control_register' in rc.c. > > If you have any comments on the config.mk setting they would be greatly > appreciated.
Well did you try a 'make clean'? :P Thomas _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.open80211s.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devel
