On Friday 11 April 2008, Thomas Bächler wrote: > Ivo van Doorn schrieb: > >>>> Does the above mean that the stock driver in 2.6.25 will still be slow? > >>> Most likely yes. > >>> Although I hear mixed reports, some say it depends on the rate selection > >>> algorithm, some claim rt2x00 in 2.6.24 is faster then wireless-testing and > >>> others claim the exact opposite. > >>> At the moment it is hard to tell, but I haven't collected data yet with specific > >>> information about the used rate selection module and exact data transfer > >>> numbers. > >>> > >>> Ivo > >>> > >> I rebuilt 2.6.25-rc8 (again) to use the 'simple' algorithm instead of > >> the 'PID' algorithm by default. rt2500pci is still fast! > > > > Good to hear. :) > > > > Thanks for the test. > > > > Ivo > > Bad news again: > > With 2.6.25-rc8, rt2500pci is fast. When I apply this patch: > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.25-rc8-git8.bz2 > on top of rc8, then it is slow again. I can't make sense of it, maybe > you can. Not really, looking at that patchset neither rt2x00 or mac80211 had any patches that could influence packet flow.. :S Ivo -- 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
