Michael Wu wrote: > On Sunday 15 April 2007 00:22, Larry Finger wrote: >> - hw->max_rssi = -110; >> - hw->max_signal = BCM43xx_RX_MAX_SSI; >> + hw->max_signal = 100; /* This looks wrong, but is what mac80211 wants */ >> + hw->max_rssi = BCM43xx_RX_MAX_SSI; > The number being passed into ssi is dBm, so why is the max being set to 60? > It > should be set to the minimum dBm that the device can report, like -110 as it > was set before. Since SSI is actually being passed into signal, MAX_SSI > should go to max_signal.
You are correct that -110 would be better than -196, which is what 60 translates to given the s8 arithmetic. Due to the internal workings of mac80211, the quantity in max_signal ends up as the denominator in the qual report of x/y. I would sooner give the users a percentage that parts per 60. Larry _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
