On Tue, 2007-11-27 at 09:07 -0600, Larry Finger wrote: > Johannes Berg wrote: > > On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 22:30 +0100, Mattias Nissler wrote: > >> This changes rc80211_simple failed frame percentage estimation to use an > >> exponential moving average method. Failed frames percentage is sampled over > >> time and a smoothed average is computed. This average is examined periodically > >> and the rate adjusted eventually. > >> > >> Compared to the old method this new approach is much more responsive. The old > >> method used plain tx success/failure counters. This made rate control very > >> unresponsive after a short time of using the interface, since old data wouldn't > >> age properly. > > > > Sounds sane and better than before. If it works we can apply this I > > guess. > > I have not done any rigorous testing of this patch; however, it has not caused any harm on my system. Good to hear. I've tested it with rt61pci and rt73usb. I guess you tested b43[legacy]. Any other test results, especially in low signal quality situations would be of great help. Mattias - 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
