ath9k: Use minstrel rate control by default

commit 5efac949 upstream.

The ath9k rate control algorithm has various architectural
issues that make it a poor fit in scenarios like congested
environments etc.

An example: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=927191

Change the default to minstrel which is more robust in such cases.
The ath9k RC code is left in the driver for now, maybe it can
be removed altogether later on.

Cc: Jouni Malinen <jouni@qca.qualcomm.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>

drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Kconfig

@@ -50,13 +50,17 @@ config ATH9K_DEBUGFS
 
 	  Also required for changing debug message flags at run time.
 
-config ATH9K_RATE_CONTROL
+config ATH9K_LEGACY_RATE_CONTROL
 	bool "Atheros ath9k rate control"
 	depends on ATH9K
-	default y
+	default n
 	---help---
 	  Say Y, if you want to use the ath9k specific rate control
-	  module instead of minstrel_ht.
+	  module instead of minstrel_ht. Be warned that there are various
+	  issues with the ath9k RC and minstrel is a more robust algorithm.
+	  Note that even if this option is selected, "ath9k_rate_control"
+	  has to be passed to mac80211 using the module parameter,
+	  ieee80211_default_rc_algo.
 
 config ATH9K_HTC
        tristate "Atheros HTC based wireless cards support"

drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Makefile

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ath9k-y +=	beacon.o \
 		recv.o \
 		xmit.o \
 
-ath9k-$(CONFIG_ATH9K_RATE_CONTROL) += rc.o
+ath9k-$(CONFIG_ATH9K_LEGACY_RATE_CONTROL) += rc.o
 ath9k-$(CONFIG_ATH9K_PCI) += pci.o
 ath9k-$(CONFIG_ATH9K_AHB) += ahb.o
 ath9k-$(CONFIG_ATH9K_DEBUGFS) += debug.o

drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c

@@ -713,10 +713,6 @@ void ath9k_set_hw_capab(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
 	sc->ant_rx = hw->wiphy->available_antennas_rx;
 	sc->ant_tx = hw->wiphy->available_antennas_tx;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_ATH9K_RATE_CONTROL
-	hw->rate_control_algorithm = "ath9k_rate_control";
-#endif
-
 	if (sc->sc_ah->caps.hw_caps & ATH9K_HW_CAP_2GHZ)
 		hw->wiphy->bands[IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ] =
 			&sc->sbands[IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ];

drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.h

@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ struct ath_rate_priv {
 	struct ath_rc_stats rcstats[RATE_TABLE_SIZE];
 };
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_ATH9K_RATE_CONTROL
+#ifdef CONFIG_ATH9K_LEGACY_RATE_CONTROL
 int ath_rate_control_register(void);
 void ath_rate_control_unregister(void);
 #else