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ath5k: configure backoff for IBSS beacon queue
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in "11.1.2.2 Beacon generation in an IBSS" the IEEE802.11 standard says, each
STA should... "b) Calculate a random delay uniformly distributed in the range
between zero and twice aCWmin × aSlotTime,".

configure cwmin and cwmax of the beacon queue in IBSS mode according to this.
unfortunately beacon backoff does not work reliably yet, so i suspect we have a
problem somewhere else, since the same settings (and similar beacon timer
configuration) work for madwifi.

drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c:      Changes-licensed-under: 3-Clause-BSD

Signed-off-by: Bruno Randolf <bruno@thinktube.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Bruno Randolf authored and David S. Miller committed Jan 28, 2008
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14 changes: 12 additions & 2 deletions drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c
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Expand Up @@ -1458,17 +1458,27 @@ ath5k_beaconq_config(struct ath5k_softc *sc)
ret = ath5k_hw_get_tx_queueprops(ah, sc->bhalq, &qi);
if (ret)
return ret;
if (sc->opmode == IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_AP ||
sc->opmode == IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_IBSS) {
if (sc->opmode == IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_AP) {
/*
* Always burst out beacon and CAB traffic
* (aifs = cwmin = cwmax = 0)
*/
qi.tqi_aifs = 0;
qi.tqi_cw_min = 0;
qi.tqi_cw_max = 0;
} else if (sc->opmode == IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_IBSS) {
/*
* Adhoc mode; backoff between 0 and (2 * cw_min).
*/
qi.tqi_aifs = 0;
qi.tqi_cw_min = 0;
qi.tqi_cw_max = 2 * ah->ah_cw_min;
}

ATH5K_DBG(sc, ATH5K_DEBUG_BEACON,
"beacon queueprops tqi_aifs:%d tqi_cw_min:%d tqi_cw_max:%d\n",
qi.tqi_aifs, qi.tqi_cw_min, qi.tqi_cw_max);

ret = ath5k_hw_setup_tx_queueprops(ah, sc->bhalq, &qi);
if (ret) {
ATH5K_ERR(sc, "%s: unable to update parameters for beacon "
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