From: Chaitanya T K 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 --- --- a/include/linux/ieee80211.h +++ b/include/linux/ieee80211.h @@ -1550,6 +1550,7 @@ struct ieee80211_vht_operation { #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 @@ -1166,13 +1166,14 @@ 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; int use_vht; int n_supported = 0; 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) @@ -1210,16 +1211,24 @@ 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; @@ -1232,10 +1241,10 @@ 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; } }