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RE: [PATCH v2] ath9k: mark RSSI as invalid if frame received during channel setup

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> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : steve.derosier@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:steve.derosier@xxxxxxxxx] De
> la part de Steve deRosier
> Envoyé : mercredi 14 février 2018 19:16
> À : Jean Pierre TOSONI
> Cc : Kalle Valo; linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; ath9k-
> devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Objet : Re: [PATCH v2] ath9k: mark RSSI as invalid if frame received
> during channel setup
> 
> On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 8:26 AM, Jean Pierre TOSONI
> <jp.tosoni@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > ath9k returns a wrong RSSI value for frames received in a 30ms
> time
> > window after a channel change. The correct value is typically 10dB
> > below the returned value.
> >
> > This was found with a Atheros AR9300 Rev:3 chip (WLE350NX /
> JWX6083
> > cards), during offchannel scans.
> >
> 
> Is this true for ALL ath9k chips or only for the specific device? If
> it's not generally true, we shouldn't be adding code that applies to
> all. Perhaps a quirk or keyed to a specific chip id or DT entry or
> other way to guard it?

You are right.
On my hardware I could only try these two PCIe cards which use the same chip.
But I cannot be sure it applies to other ath9k. Should I check the PCI product ID?

> 
> - Steve




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