Re: [ath5k-devel] [PATCH v2 13/20] cfg80211: Add nl80211 antenna configuration

2010-05-19 Thread Luis R. Rodriguez
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 10:36 PM, Bruno Randolf wrote: > On Thursday 20 May 2010 14:17:19 you wrote: >> None of the legacy 802.11 drivers we support have more than 2 >> antennas, I am also not aware of any. > > i have heard of some solutions based on atheros chipsets with more than 2 > antennas ("

Re: [ath5k-devel] [PATCH v2 13/20] cfg80211: Add nl80211 antenna configuration

2010-05-19 Thread Bruno Randolf
On Thursday 20 May 2010 14:17:19 you wrote: > None of the legacy 802.11 drivers we support have more than 2 > antennas, I am also not aware of any. i have heard of some solutions based on atheros chipsets with more than 2 antennas ("pre-11n RangeMax", "large phased array switch"). please check i

Re: [ath5k-devel] [PATCH v2 13/20] cfg80211: Add nl80211 antenna configuration

2010-05-19 Thread Luis R. Rodriguez
>> > that's not very clear. can you give me an example? >> >> iw dev wlan0 set_tx_antenna 4 > > so you want to transmit on antenna 3. if the card has 3 antennas - > why not? None of the legacy 802.11 drivers we support have more than 2 antennas, I am also not aware of any. >> > what if there is a

Re: [ath5k-devel] [PATCH v2 13/20] cfg80211: Add nl80211 antenna configuration

2010-05-19 Thread Bruno Randolf
On Thursday 20 May 2010 10:26:29 you wrote: > >> > > > + * @NL80211_ATTR_ANTENNA_TX: Bitmap of antennas to use for > >> > > > transmitting. + * @NL80211_ATTR_ANTENNA_RX: Bitmap of antennas to > >> > > > use for receiving. > >> > > > >> > > This gets the job done, but that's it. The API defined all

Re: [ath5k-devel] [PATCH v2 13/20] cfg80211: Add nl80211 antenna configuration

2010-05-19 Thread Luis R. Rodriguez
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 6:12 PM, Bruno Randolf wrote: > On Thursday 20 May 2010 09:51:43 Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: >> On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 05:35:40PM -0700, Bruno Randolf wrote: >> > On Thursday 20 May 2010 02:07:25 you wrote: >> > > On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 6:31 PM, Bruno Randolf wrote: >> > >

Re: [ath5k-devel] [PATCH v2 13/20] cfg80211: Add nl80211 antenna configuration

2010-05-19 Thread Bruno Randolf
On Thursday 20 May 2010 09:51:43 Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 05:35:40PM -0700, Bruno Randolf wrote: > > On Thursday 20 May 2010 02:07:25 you wrote: > > > On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 6:31 PM, Bruno Randolf wrote: > > > > + * @NL80211_ATTR_ANTENNA_TX: Bitmap of antennas to use for

Re: [ath5k-devel] [PATCH v2 13/20] cfg80211: Add nl80211 antenna configuration

2010-05-19 Thread Luis R. Rodriguez
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 05:35:40PM -0700, Bruno Randolf wrote: > On Thursday 20 May 2010 02:07:25 you wrote: > > On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 6:31 PM, Bruno Randolf wrote: > > > + * @NL80211_ATTR_ANTENNA_TX: Bitmap of antennas to use for transmitting. > > > + * @NL80211_ATTR_ANTENNA_RX: Bitmap of anten

Re: [ath5k-devel] [PATCH v2 13/20] cfg80211: Add nl80211 antenna configuration

2010-05-19 Thread Bruno Randolf
On Thursday 20 May 2010 02:07:25 you wrote: > On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 6:31 PM, Bruno Randolf wrote: > > + * @NL80211_ATTR_ANTENNA_TX: Bitmap of antennas to use for transmitting. > > + * @NL80211_ATTR_ANTENNA_RX: Bitmap of antennas to use for receiving. > > This gets the job done, but that's it. Th

Re: [ath5k-devel] ath5k phy0: noise floor calibration timeout (2442MHz)

2010-05-19 Thread Carlos Olmedo Escobar
I also have been experiencing this problem for the last couple of years (and always updating the kernel). Right now i'm using the latest kubuntu 10.04 kernel (2.6.32) with the following hardware: $ lspci -nn | grep Atheros 00:0a.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5

Re: [ath5k-devel] [PATCH v2 13/20] cfg80211: Add nl80211 antenna configuration

2010-05-19 Thread Luis R. Rodriguez
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 6:31 PM, Bruno Randolf wrote: > + * @NL80211_ATTR_ANTENNA_TX: Bitmap of antennas to use for transmitting. > + * @NL80211_ATTR_ANTENNA_RX: Bitmap of antennas to use for receiving. This gets the job done, but that's it. The API defined allows for a hugely loose implementati

Re: [ath5k-devel] [PATCH v2 00/20] pending ath5k + antenna patches

2010-05-19 Thread John W. Linville
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 10:30:39AM +0900, Bruno Randolf wrote: > Also i'd like to note that there are quite a few ath5k patches which haven't > made it into linux-next yet. It would be great to get them into 2.6.35... That probably won't happen. The exception would be for self-contained bug fixe