where is 2/3 ?
On 06/20/2016 06:00 AM, Maxim Altshul wrote:
> Hi All,
> This patch series focuses on metric calculation that
> occurs during the path selection phase of a mesh network.
>
> During the path selection phase, the mesh hwmp module
> performs metric calculations, that take as parameters
> the last TX rate that was used for a specific link,
> and the packet error rate.
>
> These parameters should be reported by the FW to the driver
> constantly for the mechanism to work properly.
>
> In case that a vendor offloads the rate control mechanism
> to the FW, these parameters will be rarely updated,
> or updated incorrectly.
>
> This situation causes the mesh hwmp module to calculate incorrect
> metrics and as a consequence, not to choose the best paths possible.
>
>
> This patch series is divided to three patches and does the following:
>
> 1. Modifies mesh hwmp module and allows vendors that offload the
> rate control mechanism to their FW, to report last TX rates and PER
> to the mesh hwmp module by using an existing op called
> get_expected_throughput.
> In case that a vendor does not implement the op, all previous
> functionality still applies.
>
> 2. Implements the opcode and the mechanism that reports the rates
> in TI driver.
>
> Maxim Altshul (3):
> wlcore/wl18xx: Add functionality to accept TX rate per link
> wlcore: Add support for get_expected_throughput opcode
> mac80211: mesh: Add support for HW RC implementation
>
> drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/main.c | 4 ++++
> drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/tx.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++----
> drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/wl18xx.h | 6 +++++-
> drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/rx.c | 7 +++++++
> drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/wlcore_i.h | 13 +++++++++++++
> net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c | 23 +++++++++++++++--------
> 7 files changed, 78 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
