From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.toke.dk (mail.toke.dk [IPv6:2001:470:dc45:1000::1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4AF993B2A2 for ; Wed, 9 Nov 2016 05:42:19 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.toke.dk (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.toke.dk (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9411110C3FD; Wed, 9 Nov 2016 11:42:17 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=toke.dk; s=20161023; t=1478688137; bh=662hyA9duxnagVmZfU15vmuliRUkuskN8KfLbX/d+kc=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=PbLzc7qQyp85X3+9fRSlbphe5MchdLVlJwmNAbsDEJxa9jzsiu+HmH1BL28+3NH9t OP3dAYasxw1PwpqY6YNcWrF9bTz5wMtqNClQAKsGz8tOz1HfXiRIEY3lSQhhGKmTxW i5VLGKjmmPGXrpv6OPIJocPbcvQQfaAoJDyjoKhcXcDsPoA6mDsgVcqM43KSWPC9+s dyi441bFvZEdZjSTGhnpMxHegVV67xRXElfHVMLD2K1aQLAK/VqAbZhR0tgjrbWR/l 8jifNxNyN0b+gUqYiVe+B+njCOdsQ0pRwnvbGJJ+0owUAOlBgUs8Ysz8J9uaqdY51Z L4KQLhttCKd+Q== Received: by alrua-x1.borgediget.toke.dk (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 1944BF155; Wed, 9 Nov 2016 11:42:16 +0100 (CET) From: =?utf-8?Q?Toke_H=C3=B8iland-J=C3=B8rgensen?= To: Tim Shepard Cc: Kalle Valo , make-wifi-fast@lists.bufferbloat.net, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Felix Fietkau References: Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2016 11:42:16 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Tim Shepard's message of "Tue, 08 Nov 2016 21:44:42 -0500") X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett Message-ID: <87k2cd0waf.fsf@toke.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Subject: Re: [Make-wifi-fast] [v5] ath9k: Switch to using mac80211 intermediate software queues. X-BeenThere: make-wifi-fast@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2016 10:42:24 -0000 Tim Shepard writes: >> While at it, could you also add to the commit log some info how awesome this >> patch is from user's point of view and how it helps. For example, before and >> and after numbers and other results. > > That varies wildly, depending on many details of the scenario > (including the wireless capabilities of the clients connected to the > AP using this patch, and how far away those clients are). There's > really not enough room in a commit message to explain enough to make > any such claimed numbers reproducible. I disagree; it's quite straightforward to demonstrate a gain from this on an ath9k access point. And while of course the mac80211 queues is the reason for this, the commit that uses it (i.e. this one) can explain that and include some numbers. I'll add that and resend :) -Toke