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From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>
Cc: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: about bitrate information
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2015 13:02:06 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1423224126.2037.12.camel@sipsolutions.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <54D27D90.8030005@broadcom.com>

On Wed, 2015-02-04 at 21:14 +0100, Arend van Spriel wrote:
> Hi Johannes,
> 
> Just a quick question about the bitrate info shown with 'iw link'. I 
> assume the MCS info reported is the MCS related to the bitrate number so 
> the current/last MCS used and not some maximum MCS.

It's a bit dependent on drivers, it can be either the "current best"
bitrate (definitely the case with minstrel) or sometimes just the "last
frame" bitrate which isn't really such a great indicator.

johannes


      reply	other threads:[~2015-02-06 12:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-02-04 20:14 about bitrate information Arend van Spriel
2015-02-06 12:02 ` Johannes Berg [this message]

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