| Message ID | 1494504741-9723-1-git-send-email-amit.pundir@linaro.org |
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| Series | wlcore performance improvement fixes | expand |
On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 05:42:19PM +0530, Amit Pundir wrote: > Hi Greg, > > Please consider following wlcore performance fixes for linux-4.9.y. > > These wlcore patches add a functionality in which the firmware is able > to notify the driver that the aggregation window size must be changed, > and in turn the driver will notify mac80211. Here is the original > submission: http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-wireless/msg153522.html > > We run into a performance issue recently on android-4.9 and earlier > kernels with AOSP on Hikey(using wl1835 module). Here is the bug > report: https://bugs.96boards.org/show_bug.cgi?id=497. These two > patches fix this performance regression. No objection from me. Should these also to into 4.4-stable? thanks, greg k-h
On 11 May 2017 at 17:57, Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 05:42:19PM +0530, Amit Pundir wrote: >> Hi Greg, >> >> Please consider following wlcore performance fixes for linux-4.9.y. >> >> These wlcore patches add a functionality in which the firmware is able >> to notify the driver that the aggregation window size must be changed, >> and in turn the driver will notify mac80211. Here is the original >> submission: http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-wireless/msg153522.html >> >> We run into a performance issue recently on android-4.9 and earlier >> kernels with AOSP on Hikey(using wl1835 module). Here is the bug >> report: https://bugs.96boards.org/show_bug.cgi?id=497. These two >> patches fix this performance regression. > > No objection from me. Should these also to into 4.4-stable? Doesn't build in its current form for 4.4. I didn't spend any time refactoring it for 4.4, but I'll send you a refactored version soon if I can. Regards, Amit Pundir > > thanks, > > greg k-h
On 11 May 2017 at 18:02, Amit Pundir <amit.pundir@linaro.org> wrote: > On 11 May 2017 at 17:57, Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote: >> On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 05:42:19PM +0530, Amit Pundir wrote: >>> Hi Greg, >>> >>> Please consider following wlcore performance fixes for linux-4.9.y. >>> >>> These wlcore patches add a functionality in which the firmware is able >>> to notify the driver that the aggregation window size must be changed, >>> and in turn the driver will notify mac80211. Here is the original >>> submission: http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-wireless/msg153522.html >>> >>> We run into a performance issue recently on android-4.9 and earlier >>> kernels with AOSP on Hikey(using wl1835 module). Here is the bug >>> report: https://bugs.96boards.org/show_bug.cgi?id=497. These two >>> patches fix this performance regression. >> >> No objection from me. Should these also to into 4.4-stable? > > Doesn't build in its current form for 4.4. I didn't spend any time > refactoring it for 4.4, but I'll send you a refactored version soon if > I can. I have rebased these patches for linux-4.4.y along with 3 other related mac80211 upstream fixes and they build fine. I'm waiting for the test results before I send them across for 4.4.y. Regards, Amit Pundir > > Regards, > Amit Pundir > >> >> thanks, >> >> greg k-h