Hi Ben, please try copying this patch to package/mac80211/patches (with the new version): http://nbd.name/990-ath5k_fix.patch I checked the ath5k diff between the old and the new version, and the only relevant change seems to be a rate control related rework.
- Felix On 2013-10-14 5:56 PM, Ben West wrote: > Also, sorry for typo: "transfers averaged to *415KBytes/sec* ..." > > > On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Ben West <b...@gowasabi.net > <mailto:b...@gowasabi.net>> wrote: > > Hi Felix, > > I've tried testing both AA r38347 as-is, and also AA recompiled with > the back-ported copies of hostapd and mac80211 packages that you > provided on your git repo (thank you!). Unfortunately, in both > instances, I saw the adhoc link between two Engenius EOC-1650 freeze > entirely during a long wget transfer. That is, the transfer itself > stalls, even ping packages don't pass. Several minutes after > stopping the wget transfer, the adhoc returns to normal. > > Here are rate control stats on the remote node (i.e. the one not > connected to a wired LAN) before and after attempting the long wget > transfer: > > BEFORE > > root@WasabiNet-mushmaus:~# cat > > /sys/kernel/debug/ieee80211/phy0/netdev\:wlan0-1/stations/06\:02\:6f\:76\:13\:53/rc_stats > rate throughput ewma prob this prob this succ/attempt > success attempts > 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0( 5) > 14 5783 > 2 0.7 37.3 0.0 0( 1) > 548 956 > P 5.5 4.9 91.3 100.0 1( 1) > 158 395 > D 11 6.0 59.1 100.0 0( 0) > 267 643 > 6 1.8 30.6 0.0 0( 0) > 231 508 > 9 3.3 37.2 0.0 0( 0) > 349 727 > 12 4.6 39.3 33.3 0( 0) > 641 1106 > C 18 6.0 34.8 0.0 0( 0) > 351 698 > B 24 10.6 46.9 100.0 1( 1) > 63 326 > 36 4.6 14.2 0.0 0( 6) > 156 627 > 48 0.0 0.1 0.0 0( 0) > 771 2441 > A 54 24.2 52.3 33.3 1( 3) > 842 2721 > > Total packet count:: ideal 5951 lookaround 664 > > AFTER > > root@WasabiNet-mushmaus:~# cat > > /sys/kernel/debug/ieee80211/phy0/netdev\:wlan0-1/stations/06\:02\:6f\:76\:13\:53/rc_stats > rate throughput ewma prob this prob this succ/attempt > success attempts > 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0( 6) > 18 25581 > 2 0.3 18.2 0.0 0( 0) > 564 1122 > 5.5 3.3 62.0 100.0 0( 0) > 476 1159 > 11 5.5 54.4 100.0 0( 0) > 339 1024 > 6 2.2 37.7 100.0 0( 0) > 3900 5892 > 9 3.1 35.3 0.0 0( 0) > 614 1313 > D 12 7.9 67.0 100.0 0( 0) > 660 1374 > C 18 9.6 55.8 50.0 0( 0) > 536 1509 > 24 3.7 16.5 33.3 0( 0) > 264 1248 > 36 6.7 20.9 0.0 0( 0) > 166 867 > A P 48 27.9 67.2 100.0 0( 0) > 1682 5160 > B 54 13.4 29.0 33.3 0( 0) > 3788 10223 > > Total packet count:: ideal 8510 lookaround 946 > > On both devices running AA r36669, long wget transfers work fine. > In my instance, the transfers averaged to 415Bytes/sec over a single > test that moved 2GBytes. For comparison, below are the rc_stats on > this same device running AA r36669, before and after a successful > long transfer. I do notice that r36669 reports 0 throughput at > higher rates like 54Mbit/s, unlike r38347. Maybe throughput is > being measured inaccurately? > > BEFORE > > root@WasabiNet-mushmaus:~# cat > > /sys/kernel/debug/ieee80211/phy0/netdev\:wlan0-1/stations/06\:02\:6f\:76\:13\:53/rc_stats > > rate throughput ewma prob this prob this succ/attempt > success attempts > 1 0.5 52.2 100.0 0( 0) > 25 39 > 2 1.2 63.0 100.0 0( 0) > 4 7 > 5.5 3.1 58.9 100.0 0( 0) > 4 6 > B P 11 8.7 86.0 100.0 0( 0) > 10 11 > 6 4.0 66.8 100.0 0( 0) > 5 6 > 9 4.7 52.5 0.0 0( 0) > 79 167 > C 12 7.3 62.2 100.0 0( 0) > 4 11 > A 18 11.7 67.5 50.0 1( 2) > 587 969 > D 24 5.0 22.2 19.9 0( 0) > 4 34 > 36 0.0 0.0 0.0 0( 0) > 0 12 > 48 0.0 0.0 0.0 0( 0) > 0 12 > 54 0.0 0.0 0.0 0( 0) > 0 12 > > Total packet count:: ideal 653 lookaround 72 > > AFTER > > root@WasabiNet-mushmaus:~# cat > > /sys/kernel/debug/ieee80211/phy0/netdev\:wlan0-1/stations/06\:02\:6f\:76\:13\:53/rc_stats > rate throughput ewma prob this prob this succ/attempt > success attempts > 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0( 0) > 1657 32236 > 2 1.2 60.5 100.0 0( 0) > 8632 16530 > 5.5 1.6 31.3 0.0 0( 0) > 14387 31865 > C 11 4.9 48.4 8.3 0( 0) > 107143 238102 > 6 2.9 49.4 100.0 1( 1) > 5839 20081 > B 9 5.2 58.0 50.0 0( 0) > 10665 38516 > 12 3.3 28.1 0.0 0( 0) > 40247 120171 > A P 18 12.6 73.0 72.2 13( 18) > 369301 883412 > D 24 4.6 20.3 33.3 0( 0) > 296475 1216256 > 36 0.0 8.3 0.0 0( 0) > 37298 330903 > 48 0.0 9.3 0.0 0( 0) > 13596 222798 > 54 0.0 7.7 0.0 0( 0) > 34449 388569 > > Total packet count:: ideal 8629 lookaround 958 > > > On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Felix Fietkau <n...@openwrt.org > <mailto:n...@openwrt.org>> wrote: > > On 2013-10-13 7:49 PM, Ben West wrote: > > The devices in 'production' use are Engenius EOC-01650 and > Open Mesh > > OM1Ps, both with Atheros SoC AR2315. These are gradually by being > > replaced by UBNT Nanostation Loco M2's, with SoC AR7240. > > > > The small adhoc network I was using for proving firmware, > where the > > decrease in throughput was observed, is comprised of 3 > EOC-1650's, hung > > up at various locations around my building. > > > > My simple speed test was just to wget a 500Mbyte file from a > 100Mbit > > wired LAN connected to one of the nodes across the adhoc > network to > > /dev/null. Indeed, iperf would be more precise, but wget seemed > > sufficient just to allow me to observe large differences in > throughput, > > e.g. 1Mbit/s vs 3Mbit/s average. > > > > At any rate, is it preferred to compare throughput values I've > observed > > using AA r36669 with those observed running AA r38346, or with > > throughput values measured using current trunk. I understand > that since > > AA only receives a selection of backports from trunk, it can > > occasionally be a hodgepodge of working vs suboptimal code. > You can use the full trunk backport by using the package from this > repository: http://nbd.name/gitweb.cgi?p=aa-mac80211.git;a=summary > I'd recommend comparing that with the older version. > In addition to the different throughput values, please also > provide rate > control statistics from > /sys/kernel/debug/ieee80211/phy0/netdev:wlan0/stations/*/rc_stats > > Thanks, > > - Felix > > > > > -- > Ben West > http://gowasabi.net > b...@gowasabi.net <mailto:b...@gowasabi.net> > 314-246-9434 <tel:314-246-9434> > > > > > -- > Ben West > http://gowasabi.net > b...@gowasabi.net <mailto:b...@gowasabi.net> > 314-246-9434 _______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
