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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c12
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c
index e697bd93490..c915954d4d5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c
@@ -1235,10 +1235,14 @@ static void ath_tx_status(void *priv, struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband,
return;
/*
- * If underrun error is seen assume it as an excessive retry only
- * if prefetch trigger level have reached the max (0x3f for 5416)
- * Adjust the long retry as if the frame was tried hw->max_rate_tries
- * times. This affects how ratectrl updates PER for the failed rate.
+ * If an underrun error is seen assume it as an excessive retry only
+ * if max frame trigger level has been reached (2 KB for singel stream,
+ * and 4 KB for dual stream). Adjust the long retry as if the frame was
+ * tried hw->max_rate_tries times to affect how ratectrl updates PER for
+ * the failed rate. In case of congestion on the bus penalizing these
+ * type of underruns should help hardware actually transmit new frames
+ * successfully by eventually preferring slower rates. This itself
+ * should also alleviate congestion on the bus.
*/
if ((tx_info->pad[0] & ATH_TX_INFO_UNDERRUN) &&
(sc->sc_ah->tx_trig_level >= ath_rc_priv->tx_triglevel_max)) {