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Re: [PATCH 4/6] ath9k: optimize/fix ANI RSSI processing

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On 2010-10-18 3:24 AM, Bruno Randolf wrote:
> On Sat October 16 2010 03:03:31 Felix Fietkau wrote:
>> ANI needs the RSSI average only in station mode, and only for tracking
>> the signal strength of beacons of the AP that it is connected to.
>> Adjust the code to track on the beacon RSSI, and store the average of that
>> in the ath_wiphy struct.
>> With these changes, we can get rid of this extra station lookup in the
>> rx path, which saves precious CPU cycles.
> 
> wouldn't it make sense to have per-station RSSI in IBSS mode?
ath9k ANI can't deal with per-STA RSSI, and it's not something that the
driver should normally keep track of, as it's easier to do that in mac80211.

- Felix
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