Message-ID: <5346BCEB.1010700@open-mesh.com> (sfid-20140410_175741_236004_76B2A95A)
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 17:46:51 +0200
From: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@open-mesh.com>
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To: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
CC: b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
	devel@lists.open80211s.org
Subject: Re: [RFCv2 2/6] mac80211: add new RC API to retrieve expected throughput
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On 08/04/14 12:03, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Sun, 2014-03-30 at 22:35 +0200, Antonio Quartulli wrote:
>> From: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@open-mesh.com>
>>
>> In order to make get_station() export the expected
>> throughput, we need a new API which extracts such
>> information from the Rate Control algorithm.
>> Therefore add the get_expected_throughput() member
>> to the rate_control_ops structure.
>=20
> What about drivers with HW rate control?
>=20

True, they do not implement the rate_control_ops API.

Therefore, as discussed on IRC, I need to move this new API at the
mac80211 level, so that each driver can implement it the way it prefer.

Cheers,

--=20
Antonio Quartulli


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