Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:51:19 +0200 From: Petar Bogdanovic <petar@smokva.net> To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ath: tx-rate stops adapting after a while Message-ID: <20110616165119.GA8704@pintail.smokva.net> In-Reply-To: <20110425141511.GA20184@pintail.smokva.net> References: <20110421222524.GA5730@pintail.smokva.net> <BANLkTimNZOjka0V3YgtkVYFONDwZWtJGuA@mail.gmail.com> <20110422090705.GA1183@pintail.smokva.net> <BANLkTinqWxtt57LboPmiCGXjtfc8=nwzHA@mail.gmail.com> <20110422153827.GA26063@pintail.smokva.net> <BANLkTikrphNg35odW2anDPjJj5r0pKzn_g@mail.gmail.com> <20110424175728.GA12886@pintail.smokva.net> <BANLkTiksp0dH9P2umQzN9V59TAm8iaB3Ow@mail.gmail.com> <20110425141511.GA20184@pintail.smokva.net>
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On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 04:15:11PM +0200, Petar Bogdanovic wrote: > On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 09:53:22PM +0800, Adrian Chadd wrote: > > > > Would you mind trying -head first? Just so you are running the same > > code as i am? > > Sure, I'll just need some time to do it right since this box is part of > a custom build-framework and upgrading isn't as straight-forward as one > would think it is. > > Will report back as soon as it runs HEAD All right, the board is now running: $ ident work/8.1-RC2/kernel | grep ath $FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/ath/if_ath_pci.c,v 1.26 2011/03/31 08:07:13 adrian Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/ath/if_ath.c,v 1.325 2011/06/05 03:33:46 adrian Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/ath/if_ath_debug.c,v 1.1 2011/01/29 05:08:21 adrian Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/ath/if_ath_keycache.c,v 1.1 2011/03/02 17:19:54 adrian Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/ath/if_ath_tx.c,v 1.7 2011/03/28 11:48:49 adrian Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/ath/if_ath_tx_ht.c,v 1.16 2011/05/30 15:06:57 adrian Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/ath/if_ath_sysctl.c,v 1.5 2011/05/15 15:54:34 adrian Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/ath/ath_rate/sample/sample.c,v 1.40 2011/05/18 07:20:30 adrian Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/ath/ath_rate/sample/tx_schedules.h,v 1.2 2011/05/14 01:53:38 attilio Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/ath/ath_dfs/null/dfs_null.c,v 1.2 2011/06/04 08:24:58 adrian Exp $ compared to: $ ident work.old/8.1-RC2/kernel | grep ath $FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/ath/if_ath.c,v 1.262.2.5.2.1 2010/06/14 02:09:06 kensmith Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/ath/if_ath_pci.c,v 1.25.2.1.4.1 2010/06/14 02:09:06 kensmith Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/ath/ath_rate/sample/sample.c,v 1.31.2.1.4.1 2010/06/14 02:09:06 kensmith Exp $ and the first thing I noticed are lower RSSI values.. around -4 for each station but not for those sitting next to the device (~= 36). A quick (and flawed) benchmark didn't show any changes, though. Let's wait and see what happens. :> Petar
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