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.

Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
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Index: wireless-testing/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187_rtl8225.c
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--- wireless-testing.orig/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187_rtl8225.c
+++ wireless-testing/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187_rtl8225.c
@@ -285,6 +285,10 @@ static void rtl8225_rf_set_tx_power(stru
 	ofdm_power = priv->channels[channel - 1].hw_value >> 4;
 
 	cck_power = min(cck_power, (u8)11);
+	if (ofdm_power > (u8)15)
+		ofdm_power = 25;
+	else
+		ofdm_power += 10;
 	ofdm_power = min(ofdm_power, (u8)35);
 
 	rtl818x_iowrite8(priv, &priv->map->TX_GAIN_CCK,
@@ -536,7 +540,10 @@ static void rtl8225z2_rf_set_tx_power(st
 	cck_power += priv->txpwr_base & 0xF;
 	cck_power = min(cck_power, (u8)35);
 
-	ofdm_power = min(ofdm_power, (u8)15);
+	if (ofdm_power > (u8)15)
+		ofdm_power = 25;
+	else
+		ofdm_power += 10;
 	ofdm_power += priv->txpwr_base >> 4;
 	ofdm_power = min(ofdm_power, (u8)35);