linux-kernel - Re: [ath9k-devel] ath9k: massive unexplained latency in 2.6.27 (rc5, rc6, probably others)

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Date:	Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:10:52 -0700
From:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <lrodriguez@...eros.com>
To:	"Steven Noonan" <steven@...inklabs.net>
Cc:	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"ath9k-devel@...ts.ath9k.org" <ath9k-devel@...ts.ath9k.org>,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Luis Rodriguez" <Luis.Rodriguez@...eros.com>
Subject: Re: [ath9k-devel] ath9k: massive unexplained latency in 2.6.27 (rc5, rc6, probably others)

On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 4:04 PM, Steven Noonan
> I always get "1 megabit/sec". It actually measures (at best) to be a
> throughput of 8mbits/sec, though the average (due to strange random
> packet loss) is about 4mbits/sec. --

Yeah, iwconfig reports a wrong rate, should be easy to fix but I
haven't yet looked at it. If you can fix it it'd be appreciated.

> And that was with aggregation
> re-enabled via your patch.

That patch just fixes aggregation for mac80211 after the TX MQ
changes, its seems ath9k aggregation is broken. Looking into that now.

> Without, it never exceeds 1mbit/sec
> (actual, not just as indicated by iwconfig.

Right.

  Luis
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