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Re: [PATCH 2/2] mac80211: minstrel try all rates

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Johannes Berg wrote:
I really don't like this patch anyhow though, it's at best a hackish
workaround around an issue that should just be fixed instead.

Will take another look at the other patch tomorrow.
I concur 2/2 is a hack. I'm not an 802.11 ad-hoc expert, and I haven't been allocated time to pursue the issue any more deeply than this. It is still not clear to me how the list of usable rates is supposed to be determined when the IBSS is composed of stations with heterogeneous rate capabilities, beaconing is stochastically distributed, and not all nodes can hear all beacons, much less what is wrong with the way the current code is doing it.

I do not believe 1/2 was a hack. It really was possible to get to the end of that function and use that variable without it being assigned the correct value. Also, it is important to reinitialize the rate control layer when the list of usable rates changes.

I would certainly be in favor of a better patch that resolves all the issues.

--Adam Wozniak
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