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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187_dev.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187_dev.c | 78 |
1 files changed, 48 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187_dev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187_dev.c index 7ff03aca251..177988efd66 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187_dev.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187_dev.c @@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ static void rtl8187_rx_cb(struct urb *urb) struct ieee80211_rx_status rx_status = { 0 }; int rate, signal; u32 flags; + u32 quality; spin_lock(&priv->rx_queue.lock); if (skb->next) @@ -295,44 +296,57 @@ static void rtl8187_rx_cb(struct urb *urb) flags = le32_to_cpu(hdr->flags); signal = hdr->signal & 0x7f; rx_status.antenna = (hdr->signal >> 7) & 1; - rx_status.signal = signal; rx_status.noise = hdr->noise; rx_status.mactime = le64_to_cpu(hdr->mac_time); - priv->signal = signal; priv->quality = signal; + rx_status.qual = priv->quality; priv->noise = hdr->noise; + rate = (flags >> 20) & 0xF; + if (rate > 3) { /* OFDM rate */ + if (signal > 90) + signal = 90; + else if (signal < 25) + signal = 25; + signal = 90 - signal; + } else { /* CCK rate */ + if (signal > 95) + signal = 95; + else if (signal < 30) + signal = 30; + signal = 95 - signal; + } + rx_status.signal = signal; + priv->signal = signal; } else { struct rtl8187b_rx_hdr *hdr = (typeof(hdr))(skb_tail_pointer(skb) - sizeof(*hdr)); + /* The Realtek datasheet for the RTL8187B shows that the RX + * header contains the following quantities: signal quality, + * RSSI, AGC, the received power in dB, and the measured SNR. + * In testing, none of these quantities show qualitative + * agreement with AP signal strength, except for the AGC, + * which is inversely proportional to the strength of the + * signal. In the following, the quality and signal strength + * are derived from the AGC. The arbitrary scaling constants + * are chosen to make the results close to the values obtained + * for a BCM4312 using b43 as the driver. The noise is ignored + * for now. + */ flags = le32_to_cpu(hdr->flags); - signal = hdr->agc >> 1; - rx_status.antenna = (hdr->signal >> 7) & 1; - rx_status.signal = 64 - min(hdr->noise, (u8)64); - rx_status.noise = hdr->noise; + quality = 170 - hdr->agc; + if (quality > 100) + quality = 100; + signal = 14 - hdr->agc / 2; + rx_status.qual = quality; + priv->quality = quality; + rx_status.signal = signal; + priv->signal = signal; + rx_status.antenna = (hdr->rssi >> 7) & 1; rx_status.mactime = le64_to_cpu(hdr->mac_time); - priv->signal = hdr->signal; - priv->quality = hdr->agc >> 1; - priv->noise = hdr->noise; + rate = (flags >> 20) & 0xF; } skb_trim(skb, flags & 0x0FFF); - rate = (flags >> 20) & 0xF; - if (rate > 3) { /* OFDM rate */ - if (signal > 90) - signal = 90; - else if (signal < 25) - signal = 25; - signal = 90 - signal; - } else { /* CCK rate */ - if (signal > 95) - signal = 95; - else if (signal < 30) - signal = 30; - signal = 95 - signal; - } - - rx_status.qual = priv->quality; - rx_status.signal = signal; rx_status.rate_idx = rate; rx_status.freq = dev->conf.channel->center_freq; rx_status.band = dev->conf.channel->band; @@ -1030,9 +1044,7 @@ static int __devinit rtl8187_probe(struct usb_interface *intf, priv->mode = IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_MNTR; dev->flags = IEEE80211_HW_HOST_BROADCAST_PS_BUFFERING | - IEEE80211_HW_RX_INCLUDES_FCS | - IEEE80211_HW_SIGNAL_UNSPEC; - dev->max_signal = 65; + IEEE80211_HW_RX_INCLUDES_FCS; eeprom.data = dev; eeprom.register_read = rtl8187_eeprom_register_read; @@ -1147,10 +1159,16 @@ static int __devinit rtl8187_probe(struct usb_interface *intf, (*channel++).hw_value = txpwr >> 8; } - if (priv->is_rtl8187b) + if (priv->is_rtl8187b) { printk(KERN_WARNING "rtl8187: 8187B chip detected. Support " "is EXPERIMENTAL, and could damage your\n" " hardware, use at your own risk\n"); + dev->flags |= IEEE80211_HW_SIGNAL_DBM; + } else { + dev->flags |= IEEE80211_HW_SIGNAL_UNSPEC; + dev->max_signal = 65; + } + if ((id->driver_info == DEVICE_RTL8187) && priv->is_rtl8187b) printk(KERN_INFO "rtl8187: inconsistency between id with OEM" " info!\n"); |