Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 12:00:40 -0500
From: Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com>
To: Jonathan Guerin <jonathan@guerin.id.au>
Cc: Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@googlemail.com>,
	Bruno Randolf <br1@einfach.org>,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
	ath5k-devel <ath5k-devel@lists.ath5k.org>, nbd@openwrt.org
Subject: Re: ath5k: Weird Retransmission Behaviour
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On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 12:34:19AM +1000, Jonathan Guerin wrote:
> > For what it's worth, I tested pid and minstrel a while ago with a
> > modified mac80211_hwsim, and found minstrel to be quite a bit better
> > at rate adaptation. ?So while it may be worth testing out for this
> > particular use case, minstrel is probably the way to go in general.
> 
> So, while I say this with no idea how to do it, might it be worth
> fixing Minstrel so that it adheres to mac80211's maximum retry values?
 
Yeah, so that's what the linked patch I posted tries to do :)

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