wl1271: Fix supported rate management

Previously, only basic rates were used for data transmission - resulting in
reduced transfer rates. This patch takes enables the firmware to take advantage
of the full set of data rates supported by the AP.

Signed-off-by: Juuso Oikarinen <juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com>
Reviewed-by: Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 37 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_tx.c
index 00af065c77c..75f53270633 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_tx.c
@@ -121,6 +121,11 @@ static int wl1271_tx_fill_hdr(struct wl1271 *wl, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	pad = pad - skb->len;
 	tx_attr |= pad << TX_HW_ATTR_OFST_LAST_WORD_PAD;
 
+	/* if the packets are destined for AP (have a STA entry) send them
+	   with AP rate policies, otherwise use default basic rates */
+	if (control->control.sta)
+		tx_attr |= ACX_TX_AP_FULL_RATE << TX_HW_ATTR_OFST_RATE_POLICY;
+
 	desc->tx_attr = cpu_to_le16(tx_attr);
 
 	wl1271_debug(DEBUG_TX, "tx_fill_hdr: pad: %d", pad);
@@ -214,18 +219,50 @@ static int wl1271_tx_frame(struct wl1271 *wl, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static u32 wl1271_tx_enabled_rates_get(struct wl1271 *wl, u32 rate_set)
+{
+	struct ieee80211_supported_band *band;
+	u32 enabled_rates = 0;
+	int bit;
+
+	band = wl->hw->wiphy->bands[wl->band];
+	for (bit = 0; bit < band->n_bitrates; bit++) {
+		if (rate_set & 0x1)
+			enabled_rates |= band->bitrates[bit].hw_value;
+		rate_set >>= 1;
+	}
+
+	return enabled_rates;
+}
+
 void wl1271_tx_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct wl1271 *wl = container_of(work, struct wl1271, tx_work);
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	bool woken_up = false;
+	u32 sta_rates = 0;
 	int ret;
 
+	/* check if the rates supported by the AP have changed */
+	if (unlikely(test_and_clear_bit(WL1271_FLAG_STA_RATES_CHANGED,
+					&wl->flags))) {
+		unsigned long flags;
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&wl->wl_lock, flags);
+		sta_rates = wl->sta_rate_set;
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&wl->wl_lock, flags);
+	}
+
 	mutex_lock(&wl->mutex);
 
 	if (unlikely(wl->state == WL1271_STATE_OFF))
 		goto out;
 
+	/* if rates have changed, re-configure the rate policy */
+	if (unlikely(sta_rates)) {
+		wl->rate_set = wl1271_tx_enabled_rates_get(wl, sta_rates);
+		wl1271_acx_rate_policies(wl);
+	}
+
 	while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&wl->tx_queue))) {
 		if (!woken_up) {
 			ret = wl1271_ps_elp_wakeup(wl, false);