Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 11:54:50 -0200
From: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@holoscopio.com>
To: seno <senada@t-online.de>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtl8187b: do not do per packet TX AGC
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On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:21:47PM +0000, seno wrote:
> Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton@...> writes:
>=20
> > The excessive retries etc. should be another issue. The patch from Thad=
eu
> > really improves the driver.
>=20
> Well, I tried once more today, maybe I'm doing something wrong?
>=20
> - I run "./scripts/driver-select rtl818x" in compat-wireless-2010-10-28
> - then "patch -p1 rtl8187_dev.c rtl8187b-do-not-do-per-packet-TX-AGC.patc=
h"
> - then "make"
> - then "sudo make install"
> - then reboot
>=20
> "dmesg |grep compat" gives "Compat-wireless backport release: compat-
> wireless-2010-10-22-5-g69fdc09" so the new module is used.
>=20
> On speedtest.net, max speed is ~ 1mbit (on 10 mbit cable internet @10 met=
ers=20
> distance)
> The router reports an improved "Signal Quality", but iwconfig now shows:
>=20
> "Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0"
> "Tx excessive retries:2589  Invalid misc:17686   Missed beacon:0"
>=20
> Herton: If I make something wrong, can you please post your rtl8187.ko.gz=
=20
> (Mandriva 2010.1 / 2.6.33.7-desktop-2mnb x86_64)?
>=20
> Thank you.

Hello, seno.

Perhaps, the problem is related to using compat-wireless. Have you tried
using the module without the patch, using this same compat-wireless
version in the same linux version you are using?

Regards,
Cascardo.

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