[v2,3/3] ath9k: add noise floor override option

Kalle Valo kvalo at qca.qualcomm.com
Wed Apr 19 07:08:47 PDT 2017


Simon Wunderlich <sw at simonwunderlich.de> wrote:
> Introduce a debugfs option to manually override the noise floor,
> ignoring the automatically tuned noise floor of the driver/hw.
> 
> In my tests with a AR9580 based module and a tx99 5 MHz interferer,
> I could tune the noisefloor to -95 dBm or above to allow communication
> again. The automatic noise floor calibration sometimes could adapt to
> the situation as well, but not reliably and permanently.
> 
> I would consider this "feature" experimental and interesting for people
> debugging the noise floor calibration or other effects of the hardware.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw at simonwunderlich.de>
> Signed-off-by: Mathias Kretschmer <mathias.kretschmer at fit.fraunhofer.de>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

b90189759a7f ath9k: add noise floor override option

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