Return-path: Received: from smtp.nokia.com ([192.100.122.230]:24847 "EHLO mgw-mx03.nokia.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750770AbYIPIBa (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:01:30 -0400 To: "Helmut Schaa" Cc: Dan Williams , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] mac80211: notify the user space about low signal quality References: <200809151416.07552.hschaa@suse.de> <200809151634.06448.hschaa@suse.de> <1221492529.10177.76.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200809151845.35841.hschaa@suse.de> From: Kalle Valo Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:00:55 +0300 In-Reply-To: <200809151845.35841.hschaa@suse.de> (ext Helmut Schaa's message of "Mon\, 15 Sep 2008 18\:45\:35 +0200") Message-ID: <87vdwwzfig.fsf@nokia.com> (sfid-20080916_100132_276719_07558395) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Helmut Schaa writes: > Ok, I'll sum that up. Moving the policy into user space is a good > thing if the quality values are comparable. Once mac80211 recognices > a noticable quality change we could use IWEVQUAL to notify user > space about it. Furthermore (if desired) the signal could be > extended to not only report a value between 0 and 100 but could also > contain flags indicating lost beacons, excessive retries etc. I guess that would work. -- Kalle Valo