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On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 7:28 PM, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> wr=
ote:

(...)

> As the antenna selection code changes affected your first bisection, do y=
ou
> have one of those HP laptops with only one antenna and the incorrect codi=
ng
> in the FUSE?

Yes, that is why I've been passing ant_sel=3D1 during my tests -- this
was needed to achieve a good performance in the past, before this
regression. I've also opened the laptop chassis and confirmed the
antenna cable is plugged to the connector labeled with "1" on the
card.

> If so, please make sure that you still have the same signal
> strength for good and bad cases. I have tried to keep the driver and the
> btcoex code in sync, but there may be some combinations of antenna
> configuration and FUSE contents that cause the code to fail.
>

What is the recommended way to monitor the signal strength?

Thanks for such a quick reply,

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