So, we would prefer to match the spec for an out-of-the-box build, even tho it would appear to be a worse-performing driving to users? -- Jonathan Guerin On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 5:17 PM, Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jonathan Guerin <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >>> the thing is, like bob said, that we don't really know much about what the HW >>> expects in some of these registers, so unless you can prove your changes to be >>> correct - e.g. by measurements which fit the theoretical model better, or by >>> better thruput, it's hard to say if they are correct or not. >>> >>> so before you worry about how to make a correct patch, just go ahead and >>> change those initvals to what you believe they should be. if it improves >>> something, let's talk about how to correctly fix it. >> >> I don't mean to be a smart-ass, but wouldn't setting the correct >> values here decrease the throughput? I'm not quite sure how to verify >> an improvement, other than get the card to contend for the medium with >> another known-working card? Does this sound reasonable? > > Yes, it does sound reasonable. You might get throughput increase by > violating the spec. > > -- > Kalle Valo > -- 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
