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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/ath')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c | 74 |
1 files changed, 42 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c index 9eae9467c27..d357b9adcf4 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c @@ -190,6 +190,47 @@ static u8 ath9k_process_rate(struct ath_common *common, } /* + * Theory for reporting quality: + * + * At a hardware RSSI of 45 you will be able to use MCS 7 reliably. + * At a hardware RSSI of 45 you will be able to use MCS 15 reliably. + * At a hardware RSSI of 35 you should be able use 54 Mbps reliably. + * + * MCS 7 is the highets MCS index usable by a 1-stream device. + * MCS 15 is the highest MCS index usable by a 2-stream device. + * + * All ath9k devices are either 1-stream or 2-stream. + * + * How many bars you see is derived from the qual reporting. + * + * A more elaborate scheme can be used here but it requires tables + * of SNR/throughput for each possible mode used. For the MCS table + * you can refer to the wireless wiki: + * + * http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/ieee80211/802.11n + * + */ +static int ath9k_compute_qual(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, + struct ath_rx_status *rx_stats) +{ + int qual; + + if (conf_is_ht(&hw->conf)) + qual = rx_stats->rs_rssi * 100 / 45; + else + qual = rx_stats->rs_rssi * 100 / 35; + + /* + * rssi can be more than 45 though, anything above that + * should be considered at 100% + */ + if (qual > 100) + qual = 100; + + return qual; +} + +/* * For Decrypt or Demic errors, we only mark packet status here and always push * up the frame up to let mac80211 handle the actual error case, be it no * decryption key or real decryption error. This let us keep statistics there. @@ -247,38 +288,7 @@ static int ath_rx_prepare(struct ath_common *common, rx_status->noise = common->ani.noise_floor; rx_status->signal = ATH_DEFAULT_NOISE_FLOOR + rx_stats->rs_rssi; rx_status->antenna = rx_stats->rs_antenna; - - /* - * Theory for reporting quality: - * - * At a hardware RSSI of 45 you will be able to use MCS 7 reliably. - * At a hardware RSSI of 45 you will be able to use MCS 15 reliably. - * At a hardware RSSI of 35 you should be able use 54 Mbps reliably. - * - * MCS 7 is the highets MCS index usable by a 1-stream device. - * MCS 15 is the highest MCS index usable by a 2-stream device. - * - * All ath9k devices are either 1-stream or 2-stream. - * - * How many bars you see is derived from the qual reporting. - * - * A more elaborate scheme can be used here but it requires tables - * of SNR/throughput for each possible mode used. For the MCS table - * you can refer to the wireless wiki: - * - * http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/ieee80211/802.11n - * - */ - if (conf_is_ht(&hw->conf)) - rx_status->qual = rx_stats->rs_rssi * 100 / 45; - else - rx_status->qual = rx_stats->rs_rssi * 100 / 35; - - /* rssi can be more than 45 though, anything above that - * should be considered at 100% */ - if (rx_status->qual > 100) - rx_status->qual = 100; - + rx_status->qual = ath9k_compute_qual(hw, rx_stats); rx_status->flag |= RX_FLAG_TSFT; return 1; |