Re: [Madwifi-users] Question about txpower
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From: John C. <jc...@me...> - 2005-09-15 05:38:36
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Jim Thompson wrote: > > On Sep 14, 2005, at 11:29 AM, John Clark wrote: > >> Yang Su wrote: >> >> I'd like to ask if anyone has experience with changing the txpower >> of the atheros cards? Could you also point me out what kind of >> interface has been provided by the madwifi driver to change the >> txpower? >> >>> >> It has been quite awhile since I looked at the non-madwifi driver I >> once had available to me. But basically the >> current HAL does not expose TX power control, either as a 'master' >> setting, or on a per-packet basis. > > > This is incorrect. That's informative. So, since you've not bothered to be informative, could you recoup and make some illuminating remark on the usefulness of: ath_hal_hastpc(); And hence, whether or not the setuptxdesc parameter 'txpower' has any significance. And of course, pontificate on the comment which reads, (paraphrased...), 'Not all parts support TPC'. Sure, I was wrong about exposing the interfaces, but that does not mean there's any control to be had, or to the level desired. |