netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH v3 1/1] mac80211: use AQL airtime for expected throughput.

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Date:   Wed, 01 Jun 2022 08:48:48 +0300
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
To:     Baligh Gasmi <gasmibal@...il.com>
Cc:     Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org (open list:MAC80211),
        netdev@...r.kernel.org (open list:NETWORKING [GENERAL]),
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list)
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v3 1/1] mac80211: use AQL airtime for expected throughput.

Baligh Gasmi <gasmibal@...il.com> writes:

> Since the integration of AQL, packet TX airtime estimation is
> calculated and counted to be used for the dequeue limit.
>
> Use this estimated airtime to compute expected throughput for
> each station.
>
> It will be a generic mac80211 implementation. If the driver has
> get_expected_throughput implementation, it will be used instead.
>
> Useful for L2 routing protocols, like B.A.T.M.A.N.
>
> Signed-off-by: Baligh Gasmi <gasmibal@...il.com>

Please include a changelog to show what has changed since previous
versions:

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches#changelog_missing

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