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On 25.05.22 15:37, Baligh GASMI wrote:
> Indeed it's less expensive.
> 
> I'll try to make something in this direction to see what it looks like.
Thanks. Please also make sure that all of this extra work is not 
performed for drivers that don't need it, because they either implement 
.get_expected_throughput, or use minstrel, which also implements it in a 
better way.

- Felix