To: Thomas =?iso-8859-15?q?B=E4chler?= <thomas@archlinux.org>
Subject: Re: RaLink RT2500 802.11g Cardbus/mini-PCI
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:46:44 +0200
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
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From: Ivo van Doorn <ivdoorn@gmail.com>
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On Friday 11 April 2008, Thomas B=E4chler wrote:
> Ivo van Doorn schrieb:
> >>>> Does the above mean that the stock driver in 2.6.25 will still b=
e slow?
> >>> Most likely yes.
> >>> Although I hear mixed reports, some say it depends on the rate se=
lection
> >>> algorithm, some claim rt2x00 in 2.6.24 is faster then wireless-te=
sting and
> >>> others claim the exact opposite.
> >>> At the moment it is hard to tell, but I haven't collected data ye=
t with specific
> >>> information about the used rate selection module and exact data t=
ransfer
> >>> numbers.
> >>>
> >>> Ivo
> >>>
> >> I rebuilt 2.6.25-rc8 (again) to use the 'simple' algorithm instead=
 of=20
> >> the 'PID' algorithm by default. rt2500pci is still fast!
> >=20
> > Good to hear. :)
> >=20
> > Thanks for the test.
> >=20
> > Ivo
>=20
> Bad news again:
>=20
> With 2.6.25-rc8, rt2500pci is fast. When I apply this patch:
> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.25-rc8=
-git8.bz2
> on top of rc8, then it is slow again. I can't make sense of it, maybe=
=20
> you can.

Not really, looking at that patchset neither rt2x00 or mac80211 had any=
 patches
that could influence packet flow.. :S

Ivo
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