From: Luis R. Rodriguez Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:08:09 +0000 (-0700) Subject: ath9k: correct signal quality report X-Git-Url: https://git.stricted.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c49d154a800c55b8948e6d34563e593b500b31b9;p=GitHub%2Fmoto-9609%2Fandroid_kernel_motorola_exynos9610.git ath9k: correct signal quality report This adjusts ath9k's signal quality reporting taking into consideration received beacons at an RSSI of 45 should indicate you can use of MCS 15 rate (144 Mbps) reliably on dual stream card. Keep in mind mac80211 does not yet have aggregation fixed but this should still provide more accurate results. Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c index 7555c3413384..32acaf7ff622 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c @@ -279,8 +279,15 @@ static void ath9k_rx_prepare(struct ath_softc *sc, rx_status->rate_idx = ath_rate2idx(sc, (status->rateKbps / 100)); rx_status->antenna = status->antenna; - /* XXX Fix me, 64 cannot be the max rssi value, rigure it out */ - rx_status->qual = status->rssi * 100 / 64; + /* at 45 you will be able to use MCS 15 reliably. A more elaborate + * scheme can be used here but it requires tables of SNR/throughput for + * each possible mode used. */ + rx_status->qual = status->rssi * 100 / 45; + + /* rssi can be more than 45 though, anything above that + * should be considered at 100% */ + if (rx_status->qual > 100) + rx_status->qual = 100; if (status->flags & ATH_RX_MIC_ERROR) rx_status->flag |= RX_FLAG_MMIC_ERROR;