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Re: [PATCH 2/2] mac80211: Shortcut minstrel_ht rate setup for non-MRR capable devices

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On 2011-03-04 1:31 PM, Helmut Schaa wrote:
> Devices without multi rate retry support won't be able to use all rates
> as specified by mintrel_ht. Hence, we can simply skip setting up further
> rates as the devices will only use the first one.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> has_mrr is true if the device is able to make use of at least four rates. Not
> sure if we might want to consider further special cases for devices with for
> example a maximum of two rates.
I think we should add a special case for handling a maximum of two
rates. Right now this is being used by brcm80211, so applying this patch
might make things worse there.

- Felix
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