[PATCH wireless-next 4/8] wifi: rt2800: report the MCS16 to MCS8 fallback of RT3593 in TX status
From: Ho Jie Feng
Date: Thu Oct 29 2026 - 09:57:51 EST
The RT3593 retry chain is now MCS 16 to MCS 8, skipping 7 MCS
rates in between. Reflect that in the retry calculation code.
Test results:
before after
TX 27.0 29.4
RX 70.0 70.0
Signed-off-by: Ho Jie Feng <hjf3108@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c | 8 ++++++++
drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c | 13 +++++++++++--
2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c
index 9d88ee698b854..de234bcc7a065 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c
@@ -1116,6 +1116,14 @@ void rt2800_txdone_entry(struct queue_entry *entry, u32 status, __le32 *txwi,
*/
__set_bit(TXDONE_SUCCESS, &txdesc.flags);
txdesc.retry = ((mcs > real_mcs) ? mcs - real_mcs : 0);
+
+ /*
+ * On RT3593 MCS16 falls back to MCS8, so a frame that was
+ * sent below MCS16 after a three stream rate skipped MCS9
+ * to MCS15.
+ */
+ if (rt2x00_rt(rt2x00dev, RT3593) && mcs >= 16 && real_mcs < 16)
+ txdesc.retry -= 7;
} else {
/*
* Transmission failed. The number of retries is
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
index 4d94b7062f440..823785088a308 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
@@ -329,10 +329,10 @@ static void rt2x00lib_fill_tx_status(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
* lowest rate was used.
*/
for (i = 0; i < retry_rates && i < IEEE80211_TX_MAX_RATES; i++) {
- tx_info->status.rates[i].idx = rate_idx - i;
+ tx_info->status.rates[i].idx = rate_idx;
tx_info->status.rates[i].flags = rate_flags;
- if (rate_idx - i == 0) {
+ if (rate_idx == 0) {
/*
* The lowest rate (index 0) was used until the
* number of max retries was reached.
@@ -340,8 +340,17 @@ static void rt2x00lib_fill_tx_status(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
tx_info->status.rates[i].count = retry_rates - i;
i++;
break;
+ } else if (rate_idx == 16) {
+ /*
+ * TX_FBK_CFG_3S_0 makes MCS16 fall back to MCS8 on
+ * RT3593, the decrement below shifts it back to 8.
+ */
+ if (rt2x00_rt(rt2x00dev, RT3593) &&
+ (rate_flags & IEEE80211_TX_RC_MCS))
+ rate_idx = 9;
}
tx_info->status.rates[i].count = 1;
+ rate_idx--;
}
if (i < (IEEE80211_TX_MAX_RATES - 1))
tx_info->status.rates[i].idx = -1; /* terminate */
--
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