From: Sujith Manoharan <sujith@msujith.org>
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Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2014 00:22:01 +0530
To: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linville@tuxdriver.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ath9k_hw: tweak noise immunity thresholds for older chipsets
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Felix Fietkau wrote:
> Older chipsets are more sensitive to high PHY error counts, and the
> current noise immunity thresholds were based on tests run at QCA with
> newer chipsets.
> 
> This patch brings back the values from the old ANI implementation for
> old chipsets, and it also disables weak signal detection on an earlier
> noise immunity level, to improve overall radio stability on affected
> devices.

Which devices ?

Since the old values were used in the old ANI implementation, I am not sure
how just retrofitting them into the new ANI algorithm can improve things...

Sujith