From: Johannes Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue Jan 10 18:56:32 2006 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] softmac: select "best" network based on rssi
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_assoc.c | 12 ++++++++----
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
a39ead03ece9f31c241c2d6dc4c6af597a6f80f5
diff --git a/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_assoc.c
b/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_assoc.c
index 700244c..9fd4090 100644
--- a/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_assoc.c
+++ b/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_assoc.c
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ ieee80211softmac_assoc_work(void *d)
/* Search the ieee80211 networks for this network if we didn't find it
*/
if (!found)
{
+ s8 rssi = -128; /* if I don't initialise, gcc emits an invalid
warning
+ because it cannot follow the best pointer
logic. */
spin_lock_irqsave(&mac->ieee->lock, flags);
list_for_each_entry(net, &mac->ieee->network_list, list) {
/* we're supposed to find the network with
@@ -174,7 +176,7 @@ ieee80211softmac_assoc_work(void *d)
* any network with a specific ESSID, and many
* different ones could have that.
*
- * I'll for now implement just finding one at all
+ * I'll for now just go with the reported rssi.
*
* We also should take into account the rateset
* here to find the best BSSID to try.
@@ -182,15 +184,17 @@ ieee80211softmac_assoc_work(void *d)
if (network_matches_request(mac, net)) {
if (!best) {
best = net;
+ rssi = best->stats.rssi;
continue;
}
/* we already had a matching network, so
* compare their properties to get the
* better of the two ... (see above)
*/
- /* TODO */
- /* for now, just */
- break;
+ if (rssi < net->stats.rssi) {
+ best = net;
+ rssi = best->stats.rssi;
+ }
}
}
/* if we unlock here, we might get interrupted and the `best'
--
1.2.4
--
John W. Linville
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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