On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 01:24:58AM +0300, Tomas Winkler wrote: > On 5/10/07, Jiri Benc <jbenc@xxxxxxx> wrote: > >On Thu, 10 May 2007 13:17:12 -0700, jketreno wrote: > >> Generic algorithms aren't as capable as hardware specific algorithms > >> when you factor performance, latency, system utilization, power > >> consumption, etc. Optimal algorithms are written to take advantage of > >> the capabilities exposed by the hardware. > > > >You said the same about hardware scanning. Michael showed you that's > >not true. > > > Michael has shortened the dwell time on the channel, while hw scanning > has shorten switching time from the channel to channel and no the time > you are listening on the channel > I wouldn't call it an optimization. Did he measured the power consumption ? This was going to be my question, and I think it is a worthy point. :-) John > >If the slowdown is not big, yes, it is. Unifying things almost always > >means you need to accept some trade-offs. > > Clean API gives you the ability to enjoy from the both worlds. WiFi is > about mobility power saving and therefore hw offloading is essential. > What worth the few more lines of the code that gives you this ability > this is also a trade-off. Agreed. FWIW, power saving is worthwhile even for fixed stations as well. John -- John W. Linville linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
