update to latest compat-wireless version and add some new minstrel/b43 fixes

git-svn-id: svn://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/trunk@12939 3c298f89-4303-0410-b956-a3cf2f4a3e73

1 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/package/mac80211/patches/300-minstrel_no_mrr.patch b/package/mac80211/patches/300-minstrel_no_mrr.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4c04c4d8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/mac80211/patches/300-minstrel_no_mrr.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+This fixes tx status processing for drivers that do not support mrr.
+If the retry count is bigger than the maximum retry count configured in
+the hardware, do not count the rate attempt as successful, the hardware
+has probably switched to a lower rate.
+
+Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
+
+--- a/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel.c
++++ b/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel.c
+@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ minstrel_tx_status(void *priv, struct ie
+ 	struct ieee80211_tx_info *info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
+ 	struct ieee80211_tx_altrate *ar = info->status.retries;
+ 	struct minstrel_priv *mp = priv;
++	struct ieee80211_local *local = hw_to_local(mp->hw);
+ 	int i, ndx, tries;
+ 	int success = 0;
+ 
+@@ -180,6 +181,13 @@ minstrel_tx_status(void *priv, struct ie
+ 	if (!mp->has_mrr || (ar[0].rate_idx < 0)) {
+ 		ndx = rix_to_ndx(mi, info->tx_rate_idx);
+ 		tries = info->status.retry_count + 1;
++
++		/* If the driver does not support the MRR API, but uses
++		 * a fallback rate, use the long retry limit as indication
++		 * that a rate switch has happened */
++		if (!mp->has_mrr && (tries >= local->long_retry_limit))
++			success = 0;
++
+ 		mi->r[ndx].success += success;
+ 		mi->r[ndx].attempts += tries;
+ 		return;