iwlwifi: set TX_CMD_FLAG_PROT_REQUIRE_MSK in tx_flag

When building tx command, always set TX_CMD_FLAG_PROT_REQUIRE_MSK
for 5000 series and up.

Without setting this bit the firmware will not examine the RTS/CTS setting
and thus not send traffic with the appropriate protection. RTS/CTS is is
required for HT traffic in a noisy environment where, without this setting,
connections will stall on some hardware as documented in the patch that
initially attempted to address this:

    commit 1152dcc28c66a74b5b3f1a3ede0aa6729bfd48e4
    Author: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>
    Date:   Fri Jan 15 13:42:58 2010 -0800

    iwlwifi: Fix throughput stall issue in HT mode for 5000

    Similar to 6000 and 1000 series, RTS/CTS is the recommended
    protection mechanism for 5000 series in HT mode based on the HW design.
    Using RTS/CTS will better protect the inner exchange from interference,
    especially in highly-congested environment, it also prevent uCode encounter
    TX FIFO underrun and other HT mode related performance issues.

For 3945 and 4965, different flags are used for RTS/CTS or CTS-to-Self
protection.

Signed-off-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-hcmd.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-hcmd.c
index 44ef5d93befc..01658cf82d39 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-hcmd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-hcmd.c
@@ -212,11 +212,7 @@ static void iwlagn_chain_noise_reset(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 static void iwlagn_rts_tx_cmd_flag(struct ieee80211_tx_info *info,
                         __le32 *tx_flags)
 {
-        if ((info->control.rates[0].flags & IEEE80211_TX_RC_USE_RTS_CTS) ||
-            (info->control.rates[0].flags & IEEE80211_TX_RC_USE_CTS_PROTECT))
-                *tx_flags |= TX_CMD_FLG_RTS_CTS_MSK;
-        else
-                *tx_flags &= ~TX_CMD_FLG_RTS_CTS_MSK;
+        *tx_flags |= TX_CMD_FLG_RTS_CTS_MSK;
 }
 
 /* Calc max signal level (dBm) among 3 possible receivers */