Stefan Sperling writes:
> This is another patch for Tx aggregation support in iwm(4). > I have tested 7265, 8265, and 9560, and they seem to work. > > Causes of various fatal firmware errors from my earlier attempts at > getting this to work have been identified and fixed in this version. > In particular, the AP starting and stopping Tx BA sessions repeatedly > was causing firmware crashes. And a frame header padding issue which > caused firmware crashes on 9k devices has been fixed. > > In my testing, tcpbench reports up to 100 Mbit/s both ways against > a pepwave 11ac AP, and games/chaiki is running smoothly at 720p. > > Tests on all types of iwm devices are welcome. > My unscientific testing using multiple runs of speedtest-cli from ports looks like I'm seeing general improvement. My 8265 is now getting ~70 Mbps down / ~30 Mbps up where before I was getting ~30 Mbps down / ~15 Mbps up. This host is currently within 5 feet of my Synology RT2600ac (802.11ac) AP. My 7260 is in a host about 40-50 feet from the same AP, with walls in between, and is now getting ~52 Mbps down / ~17 Mbps up. Before I was getting at best ~25 Mbps down / ~15 Mbps up. -dv
