Return-path: Received: from mail-ew0-f226.google.com ([209.85.219.226]:45271 "EHLO mail-ew0-f226.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752085AbZGKP0Q convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:26:16 -0400 Received: by ewy26 with SMTP id 26so1719532ewy.37 for ; Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:26:14 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20090709211221.GA4854@steven676.net> References: <20090709211221.GA4854@steven676.net> Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:26:14 +0300 Message-ID: <40f31dec0907110826o75f73dbfw2aed84304feff264@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath9k: Fix enabling OFDM weak signal detection From: Nick Kossifidis To: Steven Luo Cc: "John W. Linville" , "Luis R. Rodriguez" , Jouni Malinen , Sujith Manoharan , Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan , Senthil Balasubramanian , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 2009/7/10 Steven Luo : > From: Steven Luo > > It seems that OFDM weak signal detection should be enabled after an ANI > state reset, as indicated by the initial setting of ofdmWeakSigDetectOff > and what the open Atheros HAL does.  Unfortunately, the reversed sense > of ofdmWeakSigDetectOff (true if weak signal detection is NOT enabled) > seems to have resulted in a mixup here, causing weak signal detection to > be disabled. > > This patch significantly improves reception and throughput from distant > stations for my AR5416-based AP running compat-wireless 2009-06-25. > (sorry, bad reply to all) Does your AP operate on 2.4GHz band or 5GHz ? -- GPG ID: 0xD21DB2DB As you read this post global entropy rises. Have Fun ;-) Nick