netdev - Re: RFC: always enable MAC80211_RC

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Date:	Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:43:14 +0300
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Cc:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...il.com>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: RFC: always enable MAC80211_RC_PID?

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 11:04:19AM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> 
> > You can currently only get away living without it if you are just
> > using iwl3945 or iwl4965 as they provide their own rate control
> > algorithms. In the future if other vendor drivers are added with their
> > own rate control algorithm this list grows.
> 
> FWIW, I would like to see those algorithms be supported as part of
> mac80211 and not be internal like iwlwifi hacked them on, and have some
> sort of feature negotiation between the hardware and the RC algorithm
> when choosing one.

Do we need it as complicated as it is today?

Currently the infrastructure is:
- the default algorithm is built into mac80211
- other algorithms get into their own modules

The implementation of this complicated scheme is horrible
(just look at net/mac80211/Makefile), and anyone adding a new
algorithm will most likely not get it right at his first attempt.

Can we get one of either:
- all selected mac80211 algorithms are built into the mac80211 module or
- all selected mac80211 algorithms (including the default one) are in
  their own modules
?

It wouldn't make any difference today for the CONFIG_EMBEDDED=n case, 
but allows to make things less complicated and will make it easier to 
add additional algorithms.

I'll be glad to provide a patch if one of these is considered 
acceptable.

> johannes

cu
Adrian

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