On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:58 PM, Tobias Diedrich <ranma+openwrt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Helmut Schaa wrote: >> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 1:04 AM, Tobias Diedrich >> <ranma+openwrt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > rt2800: Initialize max_txpower to MAX_G_TXPOWER and MAX_A_TXPOWER >> > respectively, similar to how it is already done in rt2[45]00pci.c >> > >> > rt2800lib.c doesn't initialize max_power and thus after >> > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next.git;a=commitdiff;h=eccc068e8e84c8fe997115629925e0422a98e4de >> > was applied txpower is limited to 0 for these devices. >> > >> > This should be the proper fix compared to the net/wireless/reg.c >> > hack in http://patchwork.openwrt.org/patch/2165/ >> >> Btw. Tobias, did this affect the real tx power of the device at all or >> is this just >> a cosmetic issue? > > Hmm, apparently setting txpower has no effect? > Is it not implemented in the driver? It is, but only for devices with correct tx power limit in the eeprom. > i.e. regardless of "iw (dev wlan0|phy phy0) set txpower fixed (100|2000)" > I don't see any significant chane in Wifi Analyzer on my Android > phone. > > (The real reason I couldn't connect to the AP at all was a different recent > change) So, we can actually drop this patch then? Helmut -- 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
