netdev - Re: [PATCH v3] wcn36xx: Set default BTLE coexistence config

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Message-ID: <20171116063317.GM28761@minitux>
Date:   Wed, 15 Nov 2017 22:33:17 -0800
From:   Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>
To:     Ramon Fried <rfried@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     kvalo@...eaurora.org, k.eugene.e@...il.com,
        wcn36xx@...ts.infradead.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, nicolas.dechesne@...aro.org,
        Eyal Ilsar <eilsar@...eaurora.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] wcn36xx: Set default BTLE coexistence config

On Mon 13 Nov 23:23 PST 2017, Ramon Fried wrote:

> From: Eyal Ilsar <eilsar@...eaurora.org>
> 
> If the value for the firmware configuration parameters
> BTC_STATIC_LEN_LE_BT and BTC_STATIC_LEN_LE_WLAN are not set the duty
> cycle between BT and WLAN is such that if BT (including BLE) is active
> WLAN gets 0 bandwidth. When tuning these parameters having a too high
> value for WLAN means that BLE performance degrades.
> The "sweet" point of roughly half of the maximal values was empirically
> found to achieve a balance between BLE and Wi-Fi coexistence
> performance.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eyal Ilsar <eilsar@...eaurora.org>
> Signed-off-by: Ramon Fried <rfried@...eaurora.org>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c
> index 9c6590d5348a..1c7598752255 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c
> @@ -72,8 +72,10 @@ static struct wcn36xx_cfg_val wcn36xx_cfg_vals[] = {
>  	WCN36XX_CFG_VAL(DYNAMIC_PS_POLL_VALUE, 0),
>  	WCN36XX_CFG_VAL(TX_PWR_CTRL_ENABLE, 1),
>  	WCN36XX_CFG_VAL(ENABLE_CLOSE_LOOP, 1),
> -	WCN36XX_CFG_VAL(ENABLE_LPWR_IMG_TRANSITION, 0),

I still don't see why you're moving this unrelated line, can you please
help me see what I'm missing?

Thanks,
Bjorn

> +	WCN36XX_CFG_VAL(BTC_STATIC_LEN_LE_BT, 120000),
> +	WCN36XX_CFG_VAL(BTC_STATIC_LEN_LE_WLAN, 30000),
>  	WCN36XX_CFG_VAL(MAX_ASSOC_LIMIT, 10),
> +	WCN36XX_CFG_VAL(ENABLE_LPWR_IMG_TRANSITION, 0),
>  	WCN36XX_CFG_VAL(ENABLE_MCC_ADAPTIVE_SCHEDULER, 0),
>  };
>  
> -- 
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