From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 25379 invoked from network); 22 Jul 2023 22:51:31 -0000 Received: from 9front.inri.net (168.235.81.73) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 22 Jul 2023 22:51:31 -0000 Received: from wopr.sciops.net ([216.126.196.60]) by 9front; Sat Jul 22 18:49:06 -0400 2023 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=sciops.net; s=20210706; t=1690064536; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to; bh=93L5tvA2tV9bSx5Wed513+DKwwtlgPSH2//PL+ACPI4=; b=Vp85uHIwYdfIRn+yc/VScCtZHfQGU0GANdF1KaKJ66IcRFU3vXLX5HmC7mcd2Anfx75hhS DBSJve0r7HP+g6gS7a61D9cyMGy1XKDuiih9UbajlwvB0/5iit27CfrFhByZ0Pe6bvLYMW Qt5fET7w4AjG9hZQgvWjYjzbB8Z+WRI= Received: by wopr.sciops.net (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPSA id 13459886 (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:256:NO) for <9front@9front.org>; Sat, 22 Jul 2023 15:22:13 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <7C889C0F39073F550BCEF49FF565BC66@wopr.sciops.net> Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2023 00:22:22 +0200 From: qwx@sciops.net To: 9front@9front.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-ID: <9front.9front.org> List-Help: X-Glyph: ➈ X-Bullshit: reduce/map JSON over SOAP shader method Subject: Re: [9front] Free Carrots #6: Tools For Fighting WiFi Inequality Reply-To: 9front@9front.org Precedence: bulk On Sun Jul 23 00:17:14 +0200 2023, kemalinanc8@gmail.com wrote: > 2023-07-23 0:30 GMT+03:00, kemal : > > 2023-07-22 22:53 GMT+03:00, kemal : > >>> > i'm 99% sure it's coincidence, the pcie version or connector shape > >>> > shouldn't matter. > >> it both does and doesn't > >> intel changed the firmware significantly in the 7000 series, which > >> coincides with intel's mpcie->m2 switch in wifi cards > >> there are both 6000 series m2 cards as you mentioned and 7000 series > >> mpcie cards (7260-7265 have mpcie versions to my knowledge) > >> so this problem is about 7000+ series of cards > >> (3000 series are 1x1 versions of 7000) > >> > >> because of this a different code path exists for initialization, > >> there's probably > >> some bug in it. i checked the latest patch i prepared a long time ago > >> for 7260 support and i realized there was a change i made that i forgot > >> about (maybe i didn't send that patch at all, i don't remember...) > >> the calibration commands in the main firmware initialization doesn't > >> include > >> type+length in the command itself and simply sends the calibration block > >> it may have caused the firmware to ignore calibration commands, which > >> would result in botched calibration+slow speeds. > >> (although if this was the case i'd expect the firmware returning a error > >> to the driver, so i'm not sure on this) > >> i prepared a patch to include this change > >> > >> i also cleaned up fw capability checking and added pci ids for 3165-3168 > >> as those should work out of the box with the current code > >> > >> i can't test this patch, so i will attach it for those who want to test > >> > >> it can get pushed if it works > >> > > > > my mail didn't end up in /n/lists/9front, so the mail server may have > > ate my mail. i'm going to reply to my original message and upload > > my patch to okturing instead of attaching it, hoping that it will get > > sent > > http://okturing.com/src/16441/body > > > > i don't see it again, sorry for bothering if the previous 2 mails > actually turn out to be sent, i'm going to try again I got the first and third email; usually it takes a bit of time for them to show up in /n/lists. I also received my last email twice. Anyway, thanks! I can test your patch on my x240 and x250. Cheers, qwx