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Re: [PATCH V2] rtl8187: Improve wireless statistics for RTL8187

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On Thursday 04 December 2008 13:44:09 Stefanik Gábor wrote:

> BTW using RTL8187B's scaling constants for RTL8187L also work well
> with this patch - I get almost identical readings from my BCM4318 and
> my RTL8187L. (I haven't yet submitted my version of the patch because
> it's pretty messy, with #if 0'd code and such.) I wonder whether b43
> or p54usb is more correct... However, it looks like the same algorithm
> is applicable for both RTL8187 variants.
> 
probably b43. p54usb uses static scaling constants to calculate
signal & noise dbm, instead of finding the correct values from the device eeprom
(Note: Link Quality doesn't substract the noise so it could be off even more).

However, in my testing it was only a few +/- dbm(s), what's your reading?
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