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From: James Prestwood <prestwoj@gmail.com>
To: iwd@lists.01.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] netdev: use NL80211_STA_INFO_SIGNAL rather than average
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2021 13:16:11 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4f64f3881804e4c0281ccd3e57e4656dee823507.camel@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ecea1d5c-606f-c6d1-d253-521581dfe030@gmail.com>

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On Wed, 2021-03-10 at 15:12 -0600, Denis Kenzior wrote:
> Hi James,
> 
> On 3/10/21 2:27 PM, James Prestwood wrote:
> > Since GET_STATION (and in turn GetDiagnostics) gets the most
> > current station info this attribute serves as a better indication
> > of the current signal strength. In addition full mac cards don't
> > appear to always have the average attribute.
> > ---
> >   src/netdev.c | 2 +-
> >   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> 
> This seems fine, so I went ahead an applied it.  I do wonder if we
> should parse 
> SIGNAL_AVG and report it separately (if available).

Sure I can do that as well. It is probably a better indicator anyways
for what most people would care about.

> 
> Regards,
> -Denis

      reply	other threads:[~2021-03-10 21:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-03-10 20:27 [PATCH 1/6] netdev: use NL80211_STA_INFO_SIGNAL rather than average James Prestwood
2021-03-10 20:27 ` [PATCH 2/6] scan: allow 'faked' scan_bss results James Prestwood
2021-03-10 22:25   ` Denis Kenzior
2021-03-10 20:27 ` [PATCH 3/6] nl80211util: add WIPHY_FREQ to parse_attrs support James Prestwood
2021-03-10 21:08   ` Denis Kenzior
2021-03-10 20:27 ` [PATCH 4/6] netdev: station: support full mac roaming James Prestwood
2021-03-10 20:27 ` [PATCH 5/6] wiphy: parse NL80211_ATTR_ROAM_SUPPORT flag James Prestwood
2021-03-10 20:27 ` [PATCH 6/6] station: disable roaming logic for auto-roaming cards James Prestwood
2021-03-10 21:01   ` Denis Kenzior
2021-03-10 21:15     ` James Prestwood
2021-03-10 21:27       ` Denis Kenzior
2021-03-10 21:48         ` James Prestwood
2021-03-11  0:16           ` Alvin =?unknown-8bit?q?=C5=A0ipraga?=
2021-03-11  2:36             ` Denis Kenzior
2021-03-11 11:06               ` Alvin =?unknown-8bit?q?=C5=A0ipraga?=
2021-03-11 17:32                 ` James Prestwood
2021-03-11 18:18                   ` KeithG
2021-03-11 18:45                     ` James Prestwood
2021-03-11 19:02                   ` Alvin =?unknown-8bit?q?=C5=A0ipraga?=
2021-03-10 21:12 ` [PATCH 1/6] netdev: use NL80211_STA_INFO_SIGNAL rather than average Denis Kenzior
2021-03-10 21:16   ` James Prestwood [this message]

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