@@ -2497,6 +2497,18 @@ int rt2800_probe_hw_mode(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
rt2x00_eeprom_addr(rt2x00dev,
EEPROM_MAC_ADDR_0));
+ /*
+ * As rt2800 has a global fallback table we cannot specify
+ * more then one tx rate per frame but since the hw will
+ * try several rates (based on the fallback table) we should
+ * still initialize max_rates to the maximum number of rates
+ * we are going to try. Otherwise mac80211 will truncate our
+ * reported tx rates and the rc algortihm will end up with
+ * incorrect data.
+ */
+ rt2x00dev->hw->max_rates = 7;
+ rt2x00dev->hw->max_rate_tries = 1;
+
rt2x00_eeprom_read(rt2x00dev, EEPROM_ANTENNA, &eeprom);
/*