Re: misc/172955: [ath] 11n does not work in adhoc mode

2012-10-23 Thread Johann Hugo
On Tuesday 23 October 2012 23:29:16 Chuck Burns wrote: > On 10/23/2012 2:23 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: > > I'd really appreciate someone stepping in here. I'm trying to finish > > off the power save queue handling changes and then move to finishing > > correcting the ps-poll support. Then I have the w

Re: misc/172955: [ath] 11n does not work in adhoc mode

2012-10-23 Thread Adrian Chadd
On 23 October 2012 14:29, Chuck Burns wrote: > I could be mistaken, but I was under the impression that adhoc only > supported B or G speeds, and that if you wanted N speeds, you have to use > STA rather than ADHOC. I don't see why that is. > I've heard this discussion outside of relation to Fr

Re: misc/172955: [ath] 11n does not work in adhoc mode

2012-10-23 Thread Chuck Burns
On 10/23/2012 2:23 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: I'd really appreciate someone stepping in here. I'm trying to finish off the power save queue handling changes and then move to finishing correcting the ps-poll support. Then I have the whole TX and RX data and control path to jiggle around to make thin

Re: misc/172955: [ath] 11n does not work in adhoc mode

2012-10-23 Thread Adrian Chadd
On 23 October 2012 03:31, Johann Hugo wrote: >> Also - the WME parameters aren't parsed either, leading to your > >> observation about performance drops between 7x and 8.x. > I'm ready to test any upgrades :-) Well, I was more hoping that someone else would be interested in tackling this partic

Re: misc/172955: [ath] 11n does not work in adhoc mode

2012-10-23 Thread Johann Hugo
On Tuesday 23 October 2012 09:33:42 Adrian Chadd wrote: > Ok- the problem here is that unfortunately the adhoc code doesn't do > any of the HT field parsing or "upgrading". > > Adding the parsing isn't enough, it still doesn't properly negotiate > HT on both ends, so it doesn't upgrade the rate co

Re: misc/172955: [ath] 11n does not work in adhoc mode

2012-10-23 Thread Adrian Chadd
Ok- the problem here is that unfortunately the adhoc code doesn't do any of the HT field parsing or "upgrading". Adding the parsing isn't enough, it still doesn't properly negotiate HT on both ends, so it doesn't upgrade the rate control. Also - the WME parameters aren't parsed either, leading to

Re: misc/172955: [ath] 11n does not work in adhoc mode

2012-10-22 Thread Adrian Chadd
The following reply was made to PR kern/172955; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Adrian Chadd To: Johann Hugo Cc: bug-follo...@freebsd.org Subject: Re: misc/172955: [ath] 11n does not work in adhoc mode Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:57:42 -0700 Right, it looks like the adhoc nodes are