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authorJussi Kivilinna <jussi.kivilinna@mbnet.fi>2008-02-06 16:36:10 +0300
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2008-02-15 21:44:17 +0300
commita97b1f3d203d0fe5503578c6ee8bfdb89ed72679 (patch)
tree03bae078da4cb791ce044df34bcbe1afcf2d585a /drivers/net/wireless
parent281c56dd276e587a7b4a65764ac68ae250e73235 (diff)
downloadlinux-a97b1f3d203d0fe5503578c6ee8bfdb89ed72679.tar.xz
rndis_wlan: enable stall workaround by link quality instead of link speed
Enable workaround for poor link stalls by link quality instead of link speed. Using link speed caused workaround be active always on 802.11b networks which reduced performance and not even catch all stalls. Signed-off-by: Jussi Kivilinna <jussi.kivilinna@mbnet.fi> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/rndis_wlan.c14
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rndis_wlan.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rndis_wlan.c
index d3ecf89abd93..8ce2ddf8024f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rndis_wlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rndis_wlan.c
@@ -2300,7 +2300,7 @@ static void rndis_update_wireless_stats(struct work_struct *work)
struct usbnet *usbdev = priv->usbdev;
struct iw_statistics iwstats;
__le32 rssi, tmp;
- int len, ret, bitrate, j;
+ int len, ret, j;
unsigned long flags;
int update_jiffies = STATS_UPDATE_JIFFIES;
void *buf;
@@ -2352,14 +2352,10 @@ static void rndis_update_wireless_stats(struct work_struct *work)
if (ret == 0)
iwstats.discard.misc += le32_to_cpu(tmp);
- /* Workaround transfer stalls on poor quality links. */
- len = sizeof(tmp);
- ret = rndis_query_oid(usbdev, OID_GEN_LINK_SPEED, &tmp, &len);
- if (ret == 0) {
- bitrate = le32_to_cpu(tmp) * 100;
- if (bitrate > 11000000)
- goto end;
-
+ /* Workaround transfer stalls on poor quality links.
+ * TODO: find right way to fix these stalls (as stalls do not happen
+ * with ndiswrapper/windows driver). */
+ if (iwstats.qual.qual <= 25) {
/* Decrease stats worker interval to catch stalls.
* faster. Faster than 400-500ms causes packet loss,
* Slower doesn't catch stalls fast enough.