[RFC PATCH 00/14] wifi: rtl8xxxu: Add AP mode support for 8188f

[Martin Kaistra <martin.kaistra@linutronix.de>]

This series intends to bring AP mode support to the rtl8xxxu driver,
more specifically for the 8188f, because this is the HW I have.
The work is based on the vendor driver as I do not have access to
datasheets.

This is an RFC, so that there can be a discussion first before
potentially implementing support for the other chips in this driver, if
required.

Also while doing some measurements with iperf3 to compare with the
vendor driver, I saw, that TCP traffic from AP to STA is slower than in
the vendor driver. For UDP it looks fine. I hope I can get some help to
fix this.

* vendor driver:

  without 802.11n:
    UDP (AP -> STA): 27 Mbits/sec
    UDP (STA -> AP): 33 Mbits/sec
    TCP (AP -> STA): 24 Mbits/sec
    TCP (STA -> AP): 26 Mbits/sec

  with 802.11n:
    UDP (AP -> STA): 51 Mbits/sec
    UDP (STA -> AP): 35 Mbits/sec
    TCP (AP -> STA): 40 Mbits/sec
    TCP (STA -> AP): 36 Mbits/sec

* rtl8xxxu:

  without 802.11n:
    UDP (AP -> STA): 25 Mbits/sec
    UDP (STA -> AP): 31 Mbits/sec
    TCP (AP -> STA):  3 Mbits/sec !
    TCP (STA -> AP): 25 Mbits/sec

  with 802.11n:
    UDP (AP -> STA): 41 Mbits/sec
    UDP (STA -> AP): 36 Mbits/sec
    TCP (AP -> STA):  3 Mbits/sec !
    TCP (STA -> AP): 32 Mbits/sec

Thanks,
  Martin

Martin Kaistra (14):
  wifi: rtl8xxxu: Add start_ap() callback
  wifi: rtl8xxxu: Select correct queue for beacon frames
  wifi: rtl8xxxu: Add beacon functions
  wifi: rtl8xxxu: Add set_tim() callback
  wifi: rtl8xxxu: Allow setting rts threshold to -1
  wifi: rtl8xxxu: Allow creating interface in AP mode
  wifi: rtl8xxxu: Add parameter macid to update_rate_mask
  wifi: rtl8xxxu: Actually use macid in rtl8xxxu_gen2_report_connect
  wifi: rtl8xxxu: Add parameter role to report_connect
  wifi: rtl8xxxu: Add sta_add() callback
  wifi: rtl8xxxu: Put the macid in txdesc
  wifi: rtl8xxxu: Enable hw seq for all non-qos frames
  wifi: rtl8xxxu: Clean up filter configuration
  wifi: rtl8xxxu: Declare AP mode support for 8188f

 .../net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu.h  |  28 ++-
 .../realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_8188e.c         |   3 +-
 .../realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_8188f.c         |   1 +
 .../wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.c | 226 +++++++++++++++---
 .../wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_regs.h |   2 +
 5 files changed, 222 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

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