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authorLuis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>2009-11-03 18:20:26 -0800
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2009-11-11 17:09:06 -0500
commit21b22738068366d7740b4b7cf55ce270f479543a (patch)
tree59c25ff4203f4c6e1103a4395a5e4c89d3a02485 /drivers/net/wireless
parent9878841e1360266fa4522fbdc2448fcdce95e0dd (diff)
ath9k: move qual processing into a helper
This moves the qual computing into a small helper, ath9k_compute_qual() Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c74
1 files changed, 42 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
index 9eae9467c27..d357b9adcf4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
@@ -190,6 +190,47 @@ static u8 ath9k_process_rate(struct ath_common *common,
}
/*
+ * Theory for reporting quality:
+ *
+ * At a hardware RSSI of 45 you will be able to use MCS 7 reliably.
+ * At a hardware RSSI of 45 you will be able to use MCS 15 reliably.
+ * At a hardware RSSI of 35 you should be able use 54 Mbps reliably.
+ *
+ * MCS 7 is the highets MCS index usable by a 1-stream device.
+ * MCS 15 is the highest MCS index usable by a 2-stream device.
+ *
+ * All ath9k devices are either 1-stream or 2-stream.
+ *
+ * How many bars you see is derived from the qual reporting.
+ *
+ * A more elaborate scheme can be used here but it requires tables
+ * of SNR/throughput for each possible mode used. For the MCS table
+ * you can refer to the wireless wiki:
+ *
+ * http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/ieee80211/802.11n
+ *
+ */
+static int ath9k_compute_qual(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
+ struct ath_rx_status *rx_stats)
+{
+ int qual;
+
+ if (conf_is_ht(&hw->conf))
+ qual = rx_stats->rs_rssi * 100 / 45;
+ else
+ qual = rx_stats->rs_rssi * 100 / 35;
+
+ /*
+ * rssi can be more than 45 though, anything above that
+ * should be considered at 100%
+ */
+ if (qual > 100)
+ qual = 100;
+
+ return qual;
+}
+
+/*
* For Decrypt or Demic errors, we only mark packet status here and always push
* up the frame up to let mac80211 handle the actual error case, be it no
* decryption key or real decryption error. This let us keep statistics there.
@@ -247,38 +288,7 @@ static int ath_rx_prepare(struct ath_common *common,
rx_status->noise = common->ani.noise_floor;
rx_status->signal = ATH_DEFAULT_NOISE_FLOOR + rx_stats->rs_rssi;
rx_status->antenna = rx_stats->rs_antenna;
-
- /*
- * Theory for reporting quality:
- *
- * At a hardware RSSI of 45 you will be able to use MCS 7 reliably.
- * At a hardware RSSI of 45 you will be able to use MCS 15 reliably.
- * At a hardware RSSI of 35 you should be able use 54 Mbps reliably.
- *
- * MCS 7 is the highets MCS index usable by a 1-stream device.
- * MCS 15 is the highest MCS index usable by a 2-stream device.
- *
- * All ath9k devices are either 1-stream or 2-stream.
- *
- * How many bars you see is derived from the qual reporting.
- *
- * A more elaborate scheme can be used here but it requires tables
- * of SNR/throughput for each possible mode used. For the MCS table
- * you can refer to the wireless wiki:
- *
- * http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/ieee80211/802.11n
- *
- */
- if (conf_is_ht(&hw->conf))
- rx_status->qual = rx_stats->rs_rssi * 100 / 45;
- else
- rx_status->qual = rx_stats->rs_rssi * 100 / 35;
-
- /* rssi can be more than 45 though, anything above that
- * should be considered at 100% */
- if (rx_status->qual > 100)
- rx_status->qual = 100;
-
+ rx_status->qual = ath9k_compute_qual(hw, rx_stats);
rx_status->flag |= RX_FLAG_TSFT;
return 1;