Return-path: Received: from smtp.rutgers.edu ([128.6.72.243]:8197 "EHLO annwn13.rutgers.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753062AbXKFSmH (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Nov 2007 13:42:07 -0500 From: Michael Wu To: "John W. Linville" Subject: Re: RTL8187 rate control problems Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 13:37:34 -0500 Cc: Claudio Matsuoka , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, flamingice@souremilk.net, dsd@gentoo.org, kune@deine-taler.de References: <200711061323.16302.claudio@mandriva.com> <20071106164148.GB4440@tuxdriver.com> In-Reply-To: <20071106164148.GB4440@tuxdriver.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart3080987.PN1UA2Uv2O"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Message-Id: <200711061337.39334.flamingice@sourmilk.net> (sfid-20071106_184221_671436_111004AC) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --nextPart3080987.PN1UA2Uv2O Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday 06 November 2007 11:41:48 John W. Linville wrote: > The zd1211rw(-mac80211) driver(s) have a mechanism for matching-up > received ACKs with transmitted frames so that they can synthesize the > required excessive_retries data. Probably rtl8186 needs something > similar. Maybe this would even be worth generalizing? > Nope, not that easy. zd1211 has an interrupt for failed TX which is why tha= t=20 works. rtl8186 is a SoC. I think you mean rtl8185 or rtl8180, but they do tx=20 reporting fine. It's just the usb variant which has issues. =2DMichael Wu --nextPart3080987.PN1UA2Uv2O Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBHMLRzT3Oqt9AH4aERAp0/AJwKVuYnFZiQrCadUwgfqnjXD3E2XQCeMhFY wpJ1qY9R3XmaTvsacq9dAVs= =sF0G -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart3080987.PN1UA2Uv2O--