On Sun, 2007-10-28 at 14:53 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: > Prior to this patch, iwlwifi would always use the first > registered rate control algorithm which, depending on system > setup, could be anything. After the mac80211 patch to make > the simple algorithm built-in, it would always be simple. > > This has always been a bug in iwlwifi. > > This fixes it by requesting that mac80211 selects the right > rate control algorithm. > > Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > Untested, and the iwlwifi base code that registers rate control > algorithms is a *total* mess. They should only be registered once at > module load rather than at hardware probe time! Hence, I have no idea > whether this will suffice or if rate control algorithm initialisation > has to be rewritten. > > drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c | 2 ++ > drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c | 2 ++ > 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+) > > --- > linux-2.6.orig/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c 2007-10-28 > 14:31:02.845330022 +0100 > +++ > linux-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c 2007-10-28 > 14:31:54.255349989 +0100 > @@ -8317,6 +8317,8 @@ static int iwl_pci_probe(struct pci_dev > } > SET_IEEE80211_DEV(hw, &pdev->dev); > > + hw->rate_control_algorithm = "iwl-3945-rs"; > + Which mac80211.h has this field added? wireless-2.6 doesn't seem to have this support yet. Thanks, -yi - 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
