Re: Regression in b43 with BCM4311/2

[Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>]

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On Sat, 2010-01-30 at 15:55 -0600, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 01/30/2010 03:30 PM, Johannes Berg wrote:

> My AP returns the following in the scan output:
> 
> Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
>           24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
> Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
> 
> I don't see any * markings.

Check with iw, instead of iwlist, I think?

> >> Is b43 missing something needed to set the basic_rates member of struct
> >> ieee80211_bxx_conf to a more reasonable value when b43_op_bss_info_changed() is
> >> entered? I think it should be 0xFFF, not 0xF. I have tested with the larger
> >> value and found that this change did not improve transmit rates.
> > 
> > So you're saying it doesn't help anyway?
> 
> Yes, it does not help. Since my previous message, I have also tested the short
> slot logic. Inverting the test made no difference.

Strange. can the patch be reverted as a whole and then it's ok again?

johannes

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