openwrtv4/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/subsys/359-mac80211-minstrel-Enable-STBC-and-LDPC-for-VHT-Rates.patch
Hauke Mehrtens db90c243a0 mac80211: update to version based on 4.19-rc4
This updates mac80211 to backports based on kernel 4.19-rc4.

I plan to integrate all the patches which are in this tar into upstream
backports soon.

I used the backports generated from this code:
https://github.com/hauke/backports/commits/wip2

Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>
2018-09-26 16:39:44 +02:00

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From: Chaitanya T K <chaitanya.mgit@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 15:23:26 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: minstrel: Enable STBC and LDPC for VHT Rates
If peer support reception of STBC and LDPC, enable them for better
performance.
Signed-off-by: Chaitanya TK <chaitanya.mgit@gmail.com>
---
--- a/include/linux/ieee80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/ieee80211.h
@@ -1659,6 +1659,7 @@ struct ieee80211_mu_edca_param_set {
#define IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_RXSTBC_3 0x00000300
#define IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_RXSTBC_4 0x00000400
#define IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_RXSTBC_MASK 0x00000700
+#define IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_RXSTBC_SHIFT 8
#define IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_SU_BEAMFORMER_CAPABLE 0x00000800
#define IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_SU_BEAMFORMEE_CAPABLE 0x00001000
#define IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_BEAMFORMEE_STS_SHIFT 13
--- a/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c
@@ -1130,7 +1130,7 @@ minstrel_ht_update_caps(void *priv, stru
struct minstrel_ht_sta_priv *msp = priv_sta;
struct minstrel_ht_sta *mi = &msp->ht;
struct ieee80211_mcs_info *mcs = &sta->ht_cap.mcs;
- u16 sta_cap = sta->ht_cap.cap;
+ u16 ht_cap = sta->ht_cap.cap;
struct ieee80211_sta_vht_cap *vht_cap = &sta->vht_cap;
struct sta_info *sinfo = container_of(sta, struct sta_info, sta);
int use_vht;
@@ -1138,6 +1138,7 @@ minstrel_ht_update_caps(void *priv, stru
int ack_dur;
int stbc;
int i;
+ bool ldpc = false;
/* fall back to the old minstrel for legacy stations */
if (!sta->ht_cap.ht_supported)
@@ -1175,16 +1176,24 @@ minstrel_ht_update_caps(void *priv, stru
}
mi->sample_tries = 4;
- /* TODO tx_flags for vht - ATM the RC API is not fine-grained enough */
if (!use_vht) {
- stbc = (sta_cap & IEEE80211_HT_CAP_RX_STBC) >>
+ stbc = (ht_cap & IEEE80211_HT_CAP_RX_STBC) >>
IEEE80211_HT_CAP_RX_STBC_SHIFT;
- mi->tx_flags |= stbc << IEEE80211_TX_CTL_STBC_SHIFT;
- if (sta_cap & IEEE80211_HT_CAP_LDPC_CODING)
- mi->tx_flags |= IEEE80211_TX_CTL_LDPC;
+ if (ht_cap & IEEE80211_HT_CAP_LDPC_CODING)
+ ldpc = true;
+ } else {
+ stbc = (vht_cap->cap & IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_RXSTBC_MASK) >>
+ IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_RXSTBC_SHIFT;
+
+ if (vht_cap->cap & IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_RXLDPC)
+ ldpc = true;
}
+ mi->tx_flags |= stbc << IEEE80211_TX_CTL_STBC_SHIFT;
+ if (ldpc)
+ mi->tx_flags |= IEEE80211_TX_CTL_LDPC;
+
for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(mi->groups); i++) {
u32 gflags = minstrel_mcs_groups[i].flags;
int bw, nss;
@@ -1197,10 +1206,10 @@ minstrel_ht_update_caps(void *priv, stru
if (gflags & IEEE80211_TX_RC_SHORT_GI) {
if (gflags & IEEE80211_TX_RC_40_MHZ_WIDTH) {
- if (!(sta_cap & IEEE80211_HT_CAP_SGI_40))
+ if (!(ht_cap & IEEE80211_HT_CAP_SGI_40))
continue;
} else {
- if (!(sta_cap & IEEE80211_HT_CAP_SGI_20))
+ if (!(ht_cap & IEEE80211_HT_CAP_SGI_20))
continue;
}
}