iwlwifi: mvm: add uapsd_disable module parameter

Some APs (e.g. TP-LINK TL-WA801N) are disabling aggregation (downlink
to station) when U-APSD is enabled, resulting in low throughput.
Add a module parameter to allow disabling U-APSD support in the driver.

Also re-enable U-APSD for -9 firmware since the firmare issues were
fixed in this release.

There are devices that won't support U-APSD even with newer
firmware, so bring the TLV flag back to detect those.

Signed-off-by: Matt Chen <matt.chen@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-drv.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-drv.c
index 0a3e841b44a9ebe81cbd40b0313e8cafcc355f3a..f2a5c12269a3ed7de811399580c9ea908bc89173 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-drv.c
@@ -1243,6 +1243,7 @@ struct iwl_mod_params iwlwifi_mod_params = {
        .bt_coex_active = true,
        .power_level = IWL_POWER_INDEX_1,
        .wd_disable = true,
+       .uapsd_disable = false,
        /* the rest are 0 by default */
 };
 IWL_EXPORT_SYMBOL(iwlwifi_mod_params);
@@ -1356,6 +1357,10 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(wd_disable,
 module_param_named(nvm_file, iwlwifi_mod_params.nvm_file, charp, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(nvm_file, "NVM file name");
 
+module_param_named(uapsd_disable, iwlwifi_mod_params.uapsd_disable,
+                  bool, S_IRUGO);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(uapsd_disable, "disable U-APSD functionality (default: N)");
+
 /*
  * set bt_coex_active to true, uCode will do kill/defer
  * every time the priority line is asserted (BT is sending signals on the

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-fw.h b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-fw.h
index d5ed1500afd52befea88ede3fcefd1411aef7054..0aa7c0085c9fd04554b1a3314a2212638f920a78 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-fw.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-fw.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
  * @IWL_UCODE_TLV_FLAGS_MFP: This uCode image supports MFP (802.11w).
  * @IWL_UCODE_TLV_FLAGS_P2P: This uCode image supports P2P.
  * @IWL_UCODE_TLV_FLAGS_DW_BC_TABLE: The SCD byte count table is in DWORDS
- * @IWL_UCODE_TLV_FLAGS_UAPSD: This uCode image supports uAPSD
+ * @IWL_UCODE_TLV_FLAGS_UAPSD_SUPPORT: This uCode image supports uAPSD
  * @IWL_UCODE_TLV_FLAGS_SHORT_BL: 16 entries of black list instead of 64 in scan
  *     offload profile config command.
  * @IWL_UCODE_TLV_FLAGS_D3_6_IPV6_ADDRS: D3 image supports up to six
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ enum iwl_ucode_tlv_flag {
        IWL_UCODE_TLV_FLAGS_P2P_PM              = BIT(21),
        IWL_UCODE_TLV_FLAGS_BSS_P2P_PS_DCM      = BIT(22),
        IWL_UCODE_TLV_FLAGS_BSS_P2P_PS_SCM      = BIT(23),
+       IWL_UCODE_TLV_FLAGS_UAPSD_SUPPORT       = BIT(24),
        IWL_UCODE_TLV_FLAGS_EBS_SUPPORT         = BIT(25),
        IWL_UCODE_TLV_FLAGS_P2P_PS_UAPSD        = BIT(26),
        IWL_UCODE_TLV_FLAGS_BCAST_FILTERING     = BIT(29),

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-modparams.h b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-modparams.h
index d994317db85b72cbfc11f602e2d414efc54233b1..d051857729ab8e2f238115165c482d09033147db 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-modparams.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-modparams.h
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ struct iwl_mod_params {
 #endif
        int ant_coupling;
        char *nvm_file;
+       bool uapsd_disable;
 };
 
 #endif /* #__iwl_modparams_h__ */

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
index 2f529ebb3b0c26484acb8bebf309006960555007..137228bf4a11dd3d6714905b5dda651f7d4a0e08 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
@@ -276,7 +276,6 @@ int iwl_mvm_mac_setup_register(struct iwl_mvm *mvm)
                    IEEE80211_HW_AMPDU_AGGREGATION |
                    IEEE80211_HW_TIMING_BEACON_ONLY |
                    IEEE80211_HW_CONNECTION_MONITOR |
-                   IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_UAPSD |
                    IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_DYNAMIC_SMPS |
                    IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_STATIC_SMPS;
 
@@ -286,8 +285,6 @@ int iwl_mvm_mac_setup_register(struct iwl_mvm *mvm)
                                    IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_MCS_HAVE_STBC;
        hw->radiotap_vht_details |= IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_VHT_KNOWN_STBC;
        hw->rate_control_algorithm = "iwl-mvm-rs";
-       hw->uapsd_queues = IWL_UAPSD_AC_INFO;
-       hw->uapsd_max_sp_len = IWL_UAPSD_MAX_SP;
 
        /*
         * Enable 11w if advertised by firmware and software crypto
@@ -298,9 +295,13 @@ int iwl_mvm_mac_setup_register(struct iwl_mvm *mvm)
            !iwlwifi_mod_params.sw_crypto)
                hw->flags |= IEEE80211_HW_MFP_CAPABLE;
 
-       /* Disable uAPSD due to firmware issues */
-       if (true)
-               hw->flags &= ~IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_UAPSD;
+       if (mvm->fw->ucode_capa.flags & IWL_UCODE_TLV_FLAGS_UAPSD_SUPPORT &&
+           IWL_UCODE_API(mvm->fw->ucode_ver) >= 9 &&
+           !iwlwifi_mod_params.uapsd_disable) {
+               hw->flags |= IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_UAPSD;
+               hw->uapsd_queues = IWL_UAPSD_AC_INFO;
+               hw->uapsd_max_sp_len = IWL_UAPSD_MAX_SP;
+       }
 
        hw->sta_data_size = sizeof(struct iwl_mvm_sta);
        hw->vif_data_size = sizeof(struct iwl_mvm_vif);