On Sun, Oct 02, 2011 at 01:03:33AM +0200, Stefan Sperling wrote: > Our AR5212 code retries 15 times, whether or not the frame is multicast. > The tx retries value passed to the HAL is 11 and the HAL always adds 4 > (not sure what's the point -- only the AR5212 HAL changes the value > passed in, the other HALs don't). > > The following patch sets the amount of TX attempts for multicast frames > to 1 which fixes the problem for me. ssh to the STA stays responsive and > no replays are reported. > > Is this right?
To clarify: Since the tx retry counter is passsed from outside the HAL, the diff affects every ath(4) chipset, not just the AR5212 (sorry, it's been a long night). I don't have other ath(4) cards to test, though.
