From: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
To: ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org
Subject: [ath9k-devel] [PATCH] ath9k: add module option for disabling 11n functionality
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:51:41 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E0A30CD.9030006@candelatech.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4E0A2F8A.8010102@fedoraproject.org>
On 06/28/2011 12:46 PM, Michel Alexandre Salim wrote:
> Some wireless base stations implement 802.11n mode in ways that
> open-source drivers cannot handle properly, resulting in very unstable
> connections. This patch introduces an '11n_disable' option to the ath9k
> driver, similar to the same option for the iwlagn driver.
>
> Tested at the internal wireless network of www.cs.fau.de, where 802.11n
> currently only works reliably with Windows clients.
Would be lovely if this could be per VIF, and settable through something
dynamic, even if just debugfs or similar....
Ben
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Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com
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From: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
To: Michel Alexandre Salim <salimma@fedoraproject.org>
Cc: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, ath9k-devel@venema.h4ckr.net,
"Luis R. Rodriguez" <lrodriguez@atheros.com>,
Jouni Malinen <jmalinen@atheros.com>,
Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vasanth@atheros.com>,
Senthil Balasubramanian <senthilkumar@atheros.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath9k: add module option for disabling 11n functionality
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:51:41 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E0A30CD.9030006@candelatech.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4E0A2F8A.8010102@fedoraproject.org>
On 06/28/2011 12:46 PM, Michel Alexandre Salim wrote:
> Some wireless base stations implement 802.11n mode in ways that
> open-source drivers cannot handle properly, resulting in very unstable
> connections. This patch introduces an '11n_disable' option to the ath9k
> driver, similar to the same option for the iwlagn driver.
>
> Tested at the internal wireless network of www.cs.fau.de, where 802.11n
> currently only works reliably with Windows clients.
Would be lovely if this could be per VIF, and settable through something
dynamic, even if just debugfs or similar....
Ben
--
Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-06-28 19:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-28 19:46 [ath9k-devel] [PATCH] ath9k: add module option for disabling 11n functionality Michel Alexandre Salim
2011-06-28 19:46 ` Michel Alexandre Salim
2011-06-28 19:51 ` Ben Greear [this message]
2011-06-28 19:51 ` Ben Greear
2011-06-28 20:06 ` [ath9k-devel] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2011-06-28 20:06 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2011-06-28 20:40 ` Ben Greear
2011-06-28 20:40 ` Ben Greear
2011-06-29 17:50 ` Andreas Hartmann
2011-06-28 21:57 ` Jouni Malinen
2011-06-28 21:57 ` Jouni Malinen
2011-06-29 1:26 ` [ath9k-devel] " Adrian Chadd
2011-06-29 1:26 ` Adrian Chadd
2011-06-29 8:56 ` [ath9k-devel] " Michel Alexandre Salim
2011-06-29 8:56 ` Michel Alexandre Salim
2011-06-29 13:09 ` [ath9k-devel] " Jouni Malinen
2011-06-29 13:09 ` Jouni Malinen
2011-06-29 13:43 ` [ath9k-devel] " Michel Alexandre Salim
2011-06-29 13:43 ` Michel Alexandre Salim
2011-06-29 13:55 ` [ath9k-devel] " Jouni Malinen
2011-06-29 13:55 ` Jouni Malinen
2011-06-29 14:06 ` [ath9k-devel] " Michel Alexandre Salim
2011-06-29 14:06 ` Michel Alexandre Salim
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