====== Atheros HAL: Long Distance Links Notes ======

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This is just a placeholder page for now, documenting what's required to support long distance links (and half/quarter rates) using net80211/ath/ath_hal.

  * Madwifi timing patch: https://dev.openwrt.org/browser/trunk/package/madwifi/patches/424-timing.patch?rev=15713
  * ar5212SetCoverageClass()

What needs to be figured out:

  * The slot, IFS timings and RTS/CTS timeout values
  * .. as a function of distance
  * .. as a function of regulatory domain
  * .. as a function of channel operation and mode

Then where that calculation should live

  * .. in net80211?
  * in if_ath ?
  * in the HAL?
  * Is it per-radio?

For HT40/HT20/half/quarter modes

  * .. making sure the mac clock calculation is correct
  * .. what about supporting half/quarter rates in 5ghz fast clock modes? (the PLL values are hard-coded, rather than allowing for half/quarter clk)
  * .. AR9130/Howl and half/quarter rates? Same deal, hard-coded PLL values
  * .. what about supporting long distance links in 5ghz fast clock modes?
  * .. the Kiwi code (upcoming) has hard-coded override values for the slot/timing/timeout registers since the MAC clock isn't 44MHz (11g); figure out how to make them adjustable

What else?

  * .. need to craft PHY tx rate arrays for 11na/11ng half/quarter modes
  * .. does net80211 need to be taught about 11na/11ng half/quarter modes? (what channel set does IEEE80211_MODE_HALF / IEEE80211_MODE_QUARTER assume? It only supports OFDM rates at least, even in 11g mode.)

  * .. ath_rate_sample needs to be taught about 11na/11ng half/quarter modes?