ath9k: fix max noise floor threshold

Currently the maximum noise floor limit is set as too high (-60dB). The
assumption of having a higher threshold limit is that it would help
de-sensitize the receiver (reduce phy errors) from continuous
interference. But when we have a bursty interference where there are
collisions and then free air time and if the receiver is desensitized too
much, it will miss the normal packets too. Lets make use of chips
specific min, nom and max limits always. This patch helps to improve the
connection stability in congested networks.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Paul Stewart <pstew@google.com>
Tested-by: Gary Morain <gmorain@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Madhan Jaganathan <madhanj@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Rajkumar Manoharan <rmanohar@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/calib.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/calib.c
index 2f4b48e6fb036648af5eb1cdf35bd217b97dc67f..e5cceb0775749661360e4aef376d8eb05c4615a7 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/calib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/calib.c
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 /* Common calibration code */
 
-#define ATH9K_NF_TOO_HIGH      -60
 
 static int16_t ath9k_hw_get_nf_hist_mid(int16_t *nfCalBuffer)
 {
@@ -346,10 +345,10 @@ static void ath9k_hw_nf_sanitize(struct ath_hw *ah, s16 *nf)
                        "NF calibrated [%s] [chain %d] is %d\n",
                        (i >= 3 ? "ext" : "ctl"), i % 3, nf[i]);
 
-               if (nf[i] > ATH9K_NF_TOO_HIGH) {
+               if (nf[i] > limit->max) {
                        ath_dbg(common, CALIBRATE,
                                "NF[%d] (%d) > MAX (%d), correcting to MAX\n",
-                               i, nf[i], ATH9K_NF_TOO_HIGH);
+                               i, nf[i], limit->max);
                        nf[i] = limit->max;
                } else if (nf[i] < limit->min) {
                        ath_dbg(common, CALIBRATE,