Return-path: Received: from xc.sipsolutions.net ([83.246.72.84]:36516 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750937AbZH2JBf (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:01:35 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] cfg80211: initialize rate control after station inserted From: Johannes Berg To: tim.gardner@canonical.com Cc: reinette chatre , "linville@tuxdriver.com" , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" In-Reply-To: <4A984EBA.9040608@canonical.com> References: <1251416094-10420-1-git-send-email-reinette.chatre@intel.com> <1251445557.4189.14.camel@johannes.local> <1251474321.3805.73.camel@rc-desk> <1251493298.3456.34.camel@johannes.local> <4A984EBA.9040608@canonical.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-EWSgJZ6F0VEhkZ/rFcZZ" Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:01:30 +0200 Message-Id: <1251536490.3456.36.camel@johannes.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-EWSgJZ6F0VEhkZ/rFcZZ Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2009-08-28 at 15:40 -0600, Tim Gardner wrote: > Wouldn't that make it difficult to experiment with external rate scaling=20 > algorithms? Not that minstrel or the other in-driver rate scaling=20 > algorithms always get it right, but they are certainly more transparent=20 > (and changeable) then firmware. It does, in theory, but then again you don't really _have_ the choice. iwlagn only lets you control the rate on the host to some extent, there's not a lot we can do. IMHO using the rate control algorithms like they are now is a kludge because we've always needed a rate control algorithm, but it's still not really useful. johannes --=-EWSgJZ6F0VEhkZ/rFcZZ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAABAgAGBQJKmO5mAAoJEODzc/N7+QmamPMP+wesiob0ERjIrb9L9XPPPnP2 fDmkT5ujbPeRRAqcpcu5IS140/aVwwYst76no6rVXUikNNwoINlHkhL7izAumA73 qeBmsD92Xg6HBH/vU394S3OmLLLypwroErCjsVgi9xoxrYDgaGIIqitcToi6Zs4c SiRn+mVzyDB/dfQ3CBmMXb2SWVQ4MxffKqsAJgoxSy32bFRJ469ZHtj3yHMyCrYm ItANpvWEkDaRFiKPnFtsYnNwKdmJmRE46PcRq3p4WphKCpb/dB8I2paieK09Jukn 0667y7wJbLXxsv9sD3bjF1IZJYoQlJU9tOrVOWKecWYECHL4fVRUmhSsFM640Y6C XgUjtndojc3JcuVuB+wb35WTTLObxOm58biD8ParJ0V7+bUPRHWJ6JYNLbcU1axj A0asM7XH5UMb4OFa5N3SJj4IqM16Z9DlqpZQqdMT6T8N4AlTE9FNFPl7b4cnAxOn cWMUR7yJGOxjuRIaCEl6qTSP1S9wHRBD3KkHn4JWSscoZBMQ0AQaFdZyehH3gyNP vY94wLoxLgKrtusyv/mi6TJ5FtBoCQFYe8BNjzI38woDY1MVi/PINDRMo4m7hu6U toyWDCxTPYE0Z2sdqMFzNh3+5ouRgAIqzNMWSZE2Ip26tz3tuYRD/aZ1N6UcHUIt tqvKgIFiEN9rmluFT1ec =SWLu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-EWSgJZ6F0VEhkZ/rFcZZ--