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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] iwlwifi: Update to changed mac80211 rate control
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From: Mattias Nissler <mattias.nissler@gmx.de>
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On Tue, 2007-12-11 at 13:10 -0800, mohamed salim abbas wrote:
> for any non data frame we should use the lowest rate. the firmware
> might not like it if higher rate been used. I just checked out latest
> of mac80211 the rate scaling functions have not changed with this
> patch it wont work.

Note that the patch shouldn't change iwlwifi's rate control behaviour.
So if it breaks iwlwifi, I have a bug in my patch. Have you applied the
complete patchset? The selection of the lowest rate for non-data frames
is moved into mac80211 in the first patch of the series.

Mattias