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diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/339-mac80211-minstrel-reduce-MINSTREL_SCALE.patch b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/339-mac80211-minstrel-reduce-MINSTREL_SCALE.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..0416cf5900 --- /dev/null +++ b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/339-mac80211-minstrel-reduce-MINSTREL_SCALE.patch @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name> +Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 20:15:33 +0100 +Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: minstrel: reduce MINSTREL_SCALE + +The loss of a bit of extra precision does not hurt the calculation, 12 +bits is still enough to calculate probabilities well. Reducing the scale +makes it easier to avoid overflows + +Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name> +--- + +--- a/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel.h ++++ b/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel.h +@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ + #define SAMPLE_COLUMNS 10 /* number of columns in sample table */ + + /* scaled fraction values */ +-#define MINSTREL_SCALE 16 ++#define MINSTREL_SCALE 12 + #define MINSTREL_FRAC(val, div) (((val) << MINSTREL_SCALE) / div) + #define MINSTREL_TRUNC(val) ((val) >> MINSTREL_SCALE) + |