[Make-wifi-fast] net-next is next

[Dave Taht]

Michal says: "for qca988x and latest kernel you'll need to
revert one of my patches[1] that removed wake_tx_queue support for
older devices (due to some perf regressions on low-end systems they
were installed in; some people kept complaining about it)."

[1]: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k?id=4ca1807815aa6801aaced7fdefa9edacc2521767

On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke at toke.dk> wrote:
> Dave Taht <dave.taht at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I'm a little vague on the pieces missing as yet. I think?, still out
>> of tree are:
>
> Don't see anything missing from the list that I have been working on. Of
> the things I have:
>
>> * Hooking up the ath9k to the intermediate queues code
>
> I expect Kalle to add this sometime during the upcoming merge window
> (which opens tomorrow, according to the PHB crystal ball:
> http://phb-crystal-ball.org/).
>
>> * airtime fairness for the ath9k
>
> Haven't submitted a new version of this since the other things went in.
> While the basic scheduler works well, there are still some things to
> work out before making a serious attempt at upstreaming it (most notably
> the interaction with the hardware QoS queues). Also, moving parts of the
> code into mac80211 would make it easier to re-use in other drivers. Not
> sure which parts, though.
>
>> * Codel "hack" for low rates
>
> This still needs to be solved, but the hack I posted previously was just
> that: A hack. I think a different approach is needed.
>
>> As for what's in lede.... ?
>
> LEDE has the previous version of the mac80211 fix and the ath9k patch to
> enable the TXQ.
>
> -Toke



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