From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from ra.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.52]:2532 "EHLO ra.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1762932AbXHABFp (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:05:45 -0400 Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:45:43 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Andy Green Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Rate control over multiple devices Message-ID: <20070801004543.GD4719@tuxdriver.com> References: <46AFB779.4040003@warmcat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <46AFB779.4040003@warmcat.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 11:28:09PM +0100, Andy Green wrote: > Hi folks - > > Just seemed a little strange, maybe it is perfectly fine. > > iwl3945: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 23 802.11a channels > PM: Adding info for No Bus:phy0 > PM: Adding info for No Bus:wmaster0 > wmaster0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-3945-rs' > > ...but then we add an rt73usb... > > PM: Adding info for No Bus:phy1 > PM: Adding info for No Bus:wmaster1 > wmaster1: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-3945-rs' <---- > PM: Adding info for No Bus:wlan1 > usbcore: registered new interface driver rt73usb This looks like the reverse of a dust-up we had a couple of months ago: http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=117875332512693&w=2 It is possible to change the rate control algorithm now via debugfs. In the past someone proposed letting drivers request their default rate scaling algorithm, and I think that makes a lot of sense. Any thoughts? John -- John W. Linville linville@tuxdriver.com