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Re: [PATCH 3/3] ath5k: correct ath5k signal quality

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2008/10/14 Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 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);

Acked-by: Nick Kossifidis <mickflemm@xxxxxxxxx>



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