[Cake] Re: "I was able to implement AQL and ATF in ath11k. AQL specifically allowed me to almost eliminate bufferbloat over Wi-Fi"

[Tom Herbert <tom@herbertland.com>]

Fantastic!

On Sun, Aug 23, 2026, 2:43 PM Frantisek Borsik <frantisek.borsik@gmail.com>
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> "Let it be in memory of Dave Taht, he would have been happy."
>
> https://forum.openwrt.org/t/qualcommax-nss-build/148529/6624
> https://forum.openwrt.org/t/aql-and-the-ath10k-is-lovely/59002/948
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> AMAZING. This is for you, Dave <3
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> All the best,
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> Frank
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> Frantisek (Frank) Borsik
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> *In loving memory of Dave Täht: *1965-2025
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> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: St Pavl <mail@forum.openwrt.org>
> Date: Sun, Aug 23, 2026 at 11:35 PM
> Subject: OpenWrt Forum: AQL and the ath10k is *lovely*
> To: <frantisek.borsik@gmail.com>
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> Someone replied to a topic you are Watching.
> St Pavl <https://forum.openwrt.org/u/sppmaster> sppmaster
> August 23
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> ka2107:
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> Is WiFi AQL supported in ath11k driver
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> vochong:
>
> No, it’s not yet supported in ath11k driver.
>
> It's just around the corner, thankfully to @JuliusBairaktaris
> <https://forum.openwrt.org/u/juliusbairaktaris>.
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> I was able to implement AQL and ATF in ath11k. AQL specifically allowed me
> to almost eliminate bufferbloat over wifi: In the PPE (hardware): Wi-Fi
> download rate — shaped by the CPU port's token bucket via cpu_port_rate,
> because every frame to a Wi-Fi client leaves the switch by port 0. Wi-Fi
> upload rate — shaped by the WAN egress tbf, same as wired. Classification —
> the ACL marks small frames into the priority band for everything the switch
> forwards. Not in the PPE, and can't be: Which…
>
> Let it be in memory of @dtaht <https://forum.openwrt.org/u/dtaht>, he
> would
> have been happy.
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