This adjusts ath5k's signal quality reporting taking into consideration received beacons at an RSSI of 35 should indicate you can use of 54 Mbps on a single stream card (all ath5k cards) reliably. Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c | 12 +++++++++++- 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c index 1a24a22..c7f46e9 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c @@ -1798,7 +1798,17 @@ accept: rxs.noise = sc->ah->ah_noise_floor; rxs.signal = rxs.noise + rs.rs_rssi; - rxs.qual = rs.rs_rssi * 100 / 64; + + /* An rssi of 35 indicates you should be able use + * 54 Mbps reliably. A more elaborate scheme can be used + * here but it requires a map of SNR/throughput for each + * possible mode used */ + rxs.qual = rs.rs_rssi * 100 / 35; + + /* rssi can be more than 35 though, anything above that + * should be considered at 100% */ + if (rxs.qual > 100) + rxs.qual = 100; rxs.antenna = rs.rs_antenna; rxs.rate_idx = ath5k_hw_to_driver_rix(sc, rs.rs_rate); -- 1.5.6.rc2.15.g457bb.dirty -- 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
