wifi: wilc1000: add back-off algorithm to balance tx queue packets

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Add an algorithm to backoff the Tx Task when low memory scenario is
triggered at firmware. During high data transfer from host, the firmware
runs out of VMM memory, which is used to hold the frames from the host.
So, adding the flow control delays the transmit from host side when
there is not enough space to accommodate frames in firmware side.

Signed-off-by: Prasurjya Rohan Saikia <prasurjya.rohansaikia@microchip.com>
Acked-by: Ajay Singh <ajay.kathat@microchip.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230915175946.4361-1-prasurjya.rohansaikia@microchip.com

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Prasurjya Rohan Saikia 2023-09-15 18:00:40 +00:00 • committed by Kalle Valo

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drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/netdev.c

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drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/netdev.h

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