rt2x00: Improve cooperation between rt2800pci and minstrel

In order to lower the impact of probe rates don't send a frame as AMPDU
if the rate control algorithm sets IEEE80211_TX_CTL_RATE_CTRL_PROBE.
Otherwise a whole aggregate would be send with a probe rate which might
lead to numerous retries.

Signed-off-by: Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Helmut Schaa 2010-10-02 11:34:26 +02:00 committed by John W. Linville
parent 1f0280cb35
commit 01e946f22a

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@ -73,9 +73,11 @@ void rt2x00ht_create_tx_descriptor(struct queue_entry *entry,
/*
* Convert flags
* This frame is eligible for an AMPDU, however, don't aggregate
* frames that are intended to probe a specific tx rate.
*/
if (tx_info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_AMPDU)
if (tx_info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_AMPDU &&
!(tx_info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_RATE_CTRL_PROBE))
__set_bit(ENTRY_TXD_HT_AMPDU, &txdesc->flags);
/*