From 0c06b337b8efc4850365460ae2857ae350f331e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jgromes <jan.gromes@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 20:50:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [SX128x] Add explanation regarding 10x timeout value

---
 src/modules/SX128x/SX128x.cpp | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/modules/SX128x/SX128x.cpp b/src/modules/SX128x/SX128x.cpp
index 25b0111b..89e16332 100644
--- a/src/modules/SX128x/SX128x.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/SX128x/SX128x.cpp
@@ -362,6 +362,8 @@ int16_t SX128x::receive(uint8_t* data, size_t len, RadioLibTime_t timeout) {
   RADIOLIB_ASSERT(state);
 
   // calculate timeout (1000% of expected time-on-air)
+  // for most other modules, it is 500%, however, the overall datarates of SX128x are higher
+  // so we use higher value for the default timeout
   RadioLibTime_t timeoutInternal = timeout;
   if(!timeoutInternal) {
     timeoutInternal = getTimeOnAir(len) * 10;