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rtl8187: Fix error in setting OFDM power settings for RTL8187L
authorLarry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:31:23 +0000 (12:31 -0600)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Mon, 2 Feb 2009 16:28:15 +0000 (08:28 -0800)
commit74ecc88002472e3a880e3fe346d24eb9276eb2dc
tree3ac6ac6c564e966a5b204a74d1627ae4047b8cff
parentb421b4088f340ef9a3c1f083d432f942f1620614
rtl8187: Fix error in setting OFDM power settings for RTL8187L

commit eb83bbf57429ab80f49b413e3e44d3b19c3fdc5a upstream.

After reports of poor performance, a review of the latest vendor driver
(rtl8187_linux_26.1025.0328.2007) for RTL8187L devices was undertaken.

A difference was found in the code used to index the OFDM power tables. When
the Linux driver was changed, my unit works at a much greater range than
before. I think this fixes Bugzilla #12380 and has been tested by at least
two other users.

Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Tested-by: Martín Ernesto Barreyro <barreyromartin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187_rtl8225.c