From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-yx0-f187.google.com ([209.85.210.187]:42657 "EHLO mail-yx0-f187.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760287AbZKFXCE (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:02:04 -0500 Received: by yxe17 with SMTP id 17so1319490yxe.33 for ; Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:02:10 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: Changing from Minstrel to PID From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mart=EDn?= Ernesto Barreyro To: "John W. Linville" Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20091106214803.GL2782@tuxdriver.com> References: <1257542956.6565.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20091106214803.GL2782@tuxdriver.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:01:33 -0300 Message-ID: <1257548493.3752.15.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: El vie, 06-11-2009 a las 16:48 -0500, John W. Linville escribió: > On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 06:29:16PM -0300, Martín Ernesto Barreyro wrote: > > Hello, I have a rtl8187 wireless card and I've allways have problems > > with the rate control using minstrel. So everytime my kernel updates > > (recently it went from 2.30 to 2.31) i have to recompile mi kernel > > setting pid as my default rate control algorithm. > > > > Is there a way to change that without compiling the kernel? > > No, but I wish there were...patches? Anyone? > > John I've been searching and it seems that it could be added something like modprobe mac80211 rc='pid' Would it be a good idea? -- Martín Ernesto Barreyro Analista Universitario en Redes de Datos.