Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:55777 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751716AbZAVOaq (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:30:46 -0500 Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:17:35 -0500 From: "John W. Linville" To: Johannes Berg Cc: Nick Kossifidis , Stefanik =?iso-8859-1?Q?G=E1bor?= , Glenn Burkhardt , Bob Copeland , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: poor performance with ath5k; reverting to ath_pci Message-ID: <20090122141734.GA3646@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20090122_153052_305593_93A44537) References: <200901151734.46144.gbburkhardt@verizon.net> <200901202238.08756.gbburkhardt@verizon.net> <20090121151435.GB3643@tuxdriver.com> <69e28c910901211022j7f9c67dfv6392ce043dcff522@mail.gmail.com> <20090121191141.GA14710@tuxdriver.com> <69e28c910901211133n25c1a151nc9ca7172a9de7d3a@mail.gmail.com> <40f31dec0901212032j65371fc6j5fcc1952f841d2ef@mail.gmail.com> <20090122134958.GA27560@tuxdriver.com> <1232633075.4224.6.camel@johannes.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 In-Reply-To: <1232633075.4224.6.camel@johannes.local> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 03:04:35PM +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: > On Thu, 2009-01-22 at 08:49 -0500, John W. Linville wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 06:32:55AM +0200, Nick Kossifidis wrote: > > > 2009/1/21 Stefanik G=E1bor : > > > > > > > > I think EMBEDDED is for options that replace full-featured Linu= x > > > > components with dumbed-down, "low-profile" equivalents (like SL= OB) - > > > > PID vs. minstrel is more like SLAB vs. SLUB. > > > > > > > > G=E1bor > > > > > > >=20 > > > Minstrell performs very well even on embedded devices, i don't th= ink > > > it's that heavy compared to pid. > >=20 > > I think his point was that people should be able to select multiple > > algorithms without having to select EMBEDDED. >=20 > The reason it was originally under EMBEDDED is that this allows you t= o > turn off _all_ algorithms, and that breaks, but might be desirable if > you have a system where you know you're using iwlagn or ath9k only wh= ich > have their own algorithms. I see. But currently it limits you to only one generic algorithm, the one chosen as the default. I don't think that was really the intent? John --=20 John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireles= s" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html