From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mtiwmhc13.worldnet.att.net ([204.127.131.117]:53767 "EHLO mtiwmhc13.worldnet.att.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753390AbXHGEsq (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Aug 2007 00:48:46 -0400 Message-ID: <46B7F9AC.10706@lwfinger.net> Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 23:48:44 -0500 From: Larry Finger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Michael Buesch CC: bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, John Linville Subject: Re: [RFC] bcm43xx-mac80211: Hack to turn automatic pctl off References: <46b792a0.FdNEyH1qMrUgo6oh%Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> <200708062335.48546.mb@bu3sch.de> <200708062356.58782.mb@bu3sch.de> In-Reply-To: <200708062356.58782.mb@bu3sch.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Michael Buesch wrote: > > That's it > http://bu3sch.de/patches/wireless-dev/20070806-1186437386/patches/bcm43xx-mac80211-hwpctl-optional.patch > This patch makes my BCM4311 positively hum even with the power set at the default 18.5 dBm. I get the same performance as was seen using the PHY code ported from softmac. Congratulations - you found the secret. Of course, the system will probably be even better when hardware power control is working, but we can now afford to wait until the reverse engineers have time. I still have not tested with the BCM4318 and the BCM4306. Larry