linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] nl80211/mac80211: Report signal average

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Date:	Tue, 7 Dec 2010 14:06:31 -0500
From:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
To:	Bruno Randolf <br1@...fach.org>
Cc:	randy.dunlap@...cle.com, br1@...nktube.com, peterz@...radead.org,
	blp@...stanford.edu, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Lars_Ericsson@...ia.com, j@...fi,
	stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de, kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, kevin.granade@...il.com,
	johannes@...solutions.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] nl80211/mac80211: Report signal average

On Thu, Dec 02, 2010 at 07:12:43PM +0900, Bruno Randolf wrote:
> Extend nl80211 to report an exponential weighted moving average (EWMA) of the
> signal value. Since the signal value usually fluctuates between different
> packets, an average can be more useful than the value of the last packet.
> 
> This uses the recently added generic EWMA library function.
> 
> --
> v2:	fix ABI breakage and change factor to be a power of 2.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bruno Randolf <br1@...fach.org>

Jouni and Johannes, are you satisfied with this version?

John
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