linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] rtl8xxxu: fill up txrate info for gen1 chips

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Message-ID: <429120bd-c321-ca44-a98f-a2d8f1ef483d@reto-schneider.ch>
Date:   Thu, 24 Mar 2022 17:35:26 +0100
From:   Reto Schneider <code@...o-schneider.ch>
To:     Chris Chiu <chris.chiu@...onical.com>
Cc:     linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvalo@...nel.org,
        Jes.Sorensen@...il.com, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] rtl8xxxu: fill up txrate info for gen1 chips

On 18.03.22 03:42, Chris Chiu wrote:
> RTL8188CUS/RTL8192CU(gen1) don't support rate adatptive report hence
                                                 adaptive

> no real txrate info can be retrieved. The vendor driver reports the
> highest rate in HT capabilities from the IEs to avoid empty txrate.
> This commit initiates the txrate information with the highest supported
> rate negotiated with AP. The gen2 chip keeps update the txrate from
> the rate adaptive reports, and gen1 chips at least have non-NULL txrate
> after associated.