linux-kernel - Re: [v3,2/2] rtl8xxxu: fill up txrate info for gen1 chips

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Date:   Wed,  6 Apr 2022 11:28:14 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
To:     Chris Chiu <chris.chiu@...onical.com>
Cc:     Jes.Sorensen@...il.com, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
        code@...o-schneider.ch, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Chris Chiu <chris.chiu@...onical.com>
Subject: Re: [v3,2/2] rtl8xxxu: fill up txrate info for gen1 chips

Chris Chiu <chris.chiu@...onical.com> wrote:

> RTL8188CUS/RTL8192CU(gen1) don't support rate adaptive report hence
> 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.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chris Chiu <chris.chiu@...onical.com>

You ignored Reto's comment in v2 about misspelling of adaptive, but I'll fix
that during commit.

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