Re: poor performance with ath5k; reverting to ath_pci

["John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>]

On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 03:04:35PM +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-01-22 at 08:49 -0500, John W. Linville wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 06:32:55AM +0200, Nick Kossifidis wrote:
> > > 2009/1/21 Stefanik G=E1bor <netrolller.3d@gmail.com>:
> > > >
> > > > I think EMBEDDED is for options that replace full-featured Linu=
x
> > > > components with dumbed-down, "low-profile" equivalents (like SL=
OB) -
> > > > PID vs. minstrel is more like SLAB vs. SLUB.
> > > >
> > > > G=E1bor
> > > >
> > >=20
> > > Minstrell performs very well even on embedded devices, i don't th=
ink
> > > it's that heavy compared to pid.
> >=20
> > I think his point was that people should be able to select multiple
> > algorithms without having to select EMBEDDED.
>=20
> The reason it was originally under EMBEDDED is that this allows you t=
o
> turn off _all_ algorithms, and that breaks, but might be desirable if
> you have a system where you know you're using iwlagn or ath9k only wh=
ich
> have their own algorithms.

I see.  But currently it limits you to only one generic algorithm, the
one chosen as the default.  I don't think that was really the intent?

John
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