From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mtiwmhc13.worldnet.att.net ([204.127.131.117]:41311 "EHLO mtiwmhc13.worldnet.att.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751582AbYDCUKX (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Apr 2008 16:10:23 -0400 Message-ID: <47F539A8.6060105@lwfinger.net> (sfid-20080403_211025_267206_781F3BEC) Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:10:16 -0500 From: Larry Finger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Michael Buesch CC: bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de, John Linville , wireless , KURT PETERS Subject: Re: [PATCH] b43legacy: Partial Fix for Range issue References: <200804031719.44026.mb@bu3sch.de> <47F5242D.80404@lwfinger.net> <200804032050.38774.mb@bu3sch.de> In-Reply-To: <200804032050.38774.mb@bu3sch.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Michael Buesch wrote: > > In b43 I set this value to 30. > I dunno what the real HW upper limit is, so I set it so something > that's way above the actual value mac80211 will ever try anyway (because > mac80211 won't try illegal rates, if implemented correctly). > I used 20 (0x14) because 20 dBm is the regulatory maximum for almost all regions. In fact, the value of desired_pwr (in Q5.2) that results is 37, or 9.25 dBm. My guess is that this value is too low; however, changing the initialization value to 30 as it is in b43 did not change anything. Larry