Return-path: Received: from crystal.sipsolutions.net ([195.210.38.204]:54517 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752243AbXJIRFs (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Oct 2007 13:05:48 -0400 Subject: Re: Mode selection in mac80211 From: Johannes Berg To: Mike Kershaw Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20071009135538.GA29748@drd1813.lan> References: <200710052319.10600.linux@baker-net.org.uk> <1191837339.4063.25.camel@johannes.berg> <20071008143207.GB7430@drd1813.lan> <1191921702.4013.15.camel@johannes.berg> <20071009135538.GA29748@drd1813.lan> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-peINh5DeHSK6KA7rWHew" Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:06:15 +0200 Message-Id: <1191949575.4013.36.camel@johannes.berg> (sfid-20071009_180552_729591_E51A3B92) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-peINh5DeHSK6KA7rWHew Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2007-10-09 at 09:55 -0400, Mike Kershaw wrote: > > Actually, what you're advocating sounds like "please let me restrict th= e > > bitrates to use" rather than "please lock me to a mode". And we need > > that functionality anyway for AP mode. >=20 > Not quite, I've had situations where 9mbit at OFDM (11g) performed=20 > differently than 11mbit at CCK (11b) for whatever reason. I'm also > fairly sure several cards (I want to say Intel 2200?) limit the max tx > power differently depending on the encoding type (100mW for 11b vs. > something less I don't remember off hand for 11g). Aha, but I'm not saying that you should be able to set a strict bitrate limit but rather enable/disable each bitrate by itself. johannes --=-peINh5DeHSK6KA7rWHew Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (powerbook) iQIVAwUARwu1BqVg1VMiehFYAQIYEQ//e72j+UwrGdueyWv80qu4ZjPY0Gai6Wg9 6U8IZnj+YPQP50lWSJEEv3oWXw9qbz5Ox0viT2GvCTd+5MAvDC6YD18Q3qRPVEBB 9mlklKRA8s2Oj0H6knX0f/DObEgIR5j3DFQvOu+p9owLCovYr0JiVLu06EoSFjcR 31i2ivuW0cArXd/caT4VneTOGVhz40ukEm14HcEPM3dQprbqFQK3rMC21pa/HwHa Mxu5UCEKwXoMPZHhxdOgDrXc/DQHCY1UhC+J+93WvCC2g9Wck01qUlhrE0AxuUlq jMBm+wpMMAemzy7uP7+cbkDcbRcX7Kw2BSOCfBsKRwHYuAZnd6Gd5VIs/rIqmFsq kvv6xbbQHmigEnCgsYaMpiny8sEX/VfgNQYc70Rx3B+54nkjxicLm01v/LIsS79Y EfInIvJbsCFOrWGqtPmssJWUmTKagzKqdkkxX3A9K9fqWv8Y1XT785S6yca50g3V 62UFFUgjIhsLKlSQMpwDLoV9kK2gscc8W4FtRigNdLKI0i1BvE8bifv2F2/dDurY X2/yx8HE9ehDhmPB+VIjrfvsijqKPPFJp/vDinsIjHkqffMwKv07dRR1RhD47yG6 ZsIpeGoNX5AjkKjuVJgtVJMLqoEV0ST7bRXrxnm3rd7+CcV+0Y6+Q01xSuAh9cmj TRZ4c5A8UMM= =Dum0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-peINh5DeHSK6KA7rWHew--