Subject: Re: [patch 4/9] mac80211: Make PID rate control algorithm the
	default
From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: mattias.nissler@gmx.de
Cc: linville@tuxdriver.com, stefano.brivio@polimi.it,
	linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
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Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 01:49:06 +0100
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> -What:	iee80211 softmac wireless networking component
> +What:	ieee80211 softmac wireless networking component


Unrelated change, please separate.

> +
> +What:	rc80211-simple rate control algorithm for mac80211
> +When:	2.6.26
> +Files:	net/mac80211/rc80211-simple.c
> +Why:	This algorithm was provided for reference but always exhibited bad
> +	responsiveness and performance and has some serious flaws. It has been
> +	replaced by rc80211-pid.
> +Who:	Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@polimi.it>

I don't think we really want to do this. We can't even change the
algorithm anyway except by recompiling with a different default.

Will do a code review tomorrow.

johannes

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