Return-path: Received: from crystal.sipsolutions.net ([195.210.38.204]:58152 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932730AbXFHJGM (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jun 2007 05:06:12 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: rc80211_lowest, a dumb rate control algorithm From: Johannes Berg To: Jiri Benc Cc: Larry Finger , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Michael Wu In-Reply-To: <20070608105900.4c401e14@griffin.suse.cz> References: <4661bc4f.88st9yXgySnzwVtb%Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> <20070607221939.444e9d74@griffin.suse.cz> <20070607222113.0f752bf8@griffin.suse.cz> <20070607222210.1a445cd7@griffin.suse.cz> <4668A7E5.3070500@lwfinger.net> <20070608105900.4c401e14@griffin.suse.cz> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-m93NJvzBmkD51zWV36S8" Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:06:28 +0200 Message-Id: <1181293589.6533.25.camel@johannes.berg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-m93NJvzBmkD51zWV36S8 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2007-06-08 at 10:59 +0200, Jiri Benc wrote: > > I do not think this particular rate control algorithm is needed. A patc= h has been submitted that=20 > > will allow the user to use the SIOCSIWRATE ioctl to lock in a rate. In = addition, a patch that=20 > > changes rc80211_simple to set the initial rate to the lowest supported = value has also been=20 > > submitted. With these two alternatives, everything that this proposed m= odule does is supported in=20 > > other ways. >=20 > Ok. Actually, I'd vote for having this rate control algorithm anyway because it's basically a rate control algorithm template you can copy and modify. rc80211_simple is quite a bit more sophisticated over that. johannes --=-m93NJvzBmkD51zWV36S8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (powerbook) iD8DBQBGaRwU/ETPhpq3jKURAgE9AKClzjnbkSEb2sJrzEpQ5X9yxGuqOACfbrXl OmNMZT0J5bkwhgu6e6dM0pc= =bMYQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-m93NJvzBmkD51zWV36S8--