wimax/i2400m: increase tx queue length from 5 to 20 [v1]
authorPrasanna S. Panchamukhi <prasannax.s.panchamukhi@intel.com>
Thu, 8 Apr 2010 23:24:32 +0000 (16:24 -0700)
committerInaky Perez-Gonzalez <inaky.perez-gonzalez@intel.com>
Tue, 11 May 2010 21:08:12 +0000 (14:08 -0700)
This patch increases the tx_queue_len to 20 so as to
minimize the jitter in the throughput.

Signed-off-by: Prasanna S. Panchamukhi <prasannax.s.panchamukhi@intel.com>
drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/netdev.c

index fc3754a..7d7b5ef 100644 (file)
@@ -88,7 +88,11 @@ enum {
         * might take to get out of IDLE / negotiate it with the base
         * station. We add 1sec for good measure. */
        I2400M_TX_TIMEOUT = 21 * HZ,
-       I2400M_TX_QLEN = 5,
+       /*
+        * Experimentation has determined that, 20 to be a good value
+        * for minimizing the jitter in the throughput.
+        */
+       I2400M_TX_QLEN = 20,
 };