Re: [PATCH 1/2] d80211: Add software RTS support

2007-02-05 Thread Ivo van Doorn
Hi, > > Did you already send that patchset to the netdev list? > > Because I haven't seen a patch series about rts for d80211 yet. > > No, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hmm, wasn't subscribed to that list yet. :( But now I am. :) > > The new rt2500usb and rt73usb packet ring handling no longer use a DMA >

Re: [PATCH 1/2] d80211: Add software RTS support

2007-02-05 Thread Michael Buesch
On Monday 05 February 2007 19:08, Jiri Benc wrote: > On Mon, 5 Feb 2007 18:43:06 +0100, Michael Buesch wrote: > > I also think that sending RTS in software is not going to work, > > as the timing can not be guaranteed. And timing is why we do it in > > the first place. If the HW is not capable of s

Re: [PATCH 1/2] d80211: Add software RTS support

2007-02-05 Thread Michael Buesch
On Monday 05 February 2007 19:07, Ivo van Doorn wrote: > Hi, > > > > > > Not all hardware are capable of generating their own RTS frames. > > > > > This patch will add support for creating the RTS frame in software, > > > > > when the driver requests this through the flag > > > > > IEEE80211_HW_SO

Re: [PATCH 1/2] d80211: Add software RTS support

2007-02-05 Thread Ivo van Doorn
On Monday 05 February 2007 19:08, Jiri Benc wrote: > On Mon, 5 Feb 2007 18:43:06 +0100, Michael Buesch wrote: > > I also think that sending RTS in software is not going to work, > > as the timing can not be guaranteed. And timing is why we do it in > > the first place. If the HW is not capable of s

Re: [PATCH 1/2] d80211: Add software RTS support

2007-02-05 Thread Jiri Benc
On Mon, 5 Feb 2007 18:43:06 +0100, Michael Buesch wrote: > I also think that sending RTS in software is not going to work, > as the timing can not be guaranteed. And timing is why we do it in > the first place. If the HW is not capable of sending RTS frames, we > should not try to emulate them in S

Re: [PATCH 1/2] d80211: Add software RTS support

2007-02-05 Thread Ivo van Doorn
Hi, > > > > Not all hardware are capable of generating their own RTS frames. > > > > This patch will add support for creating the RTS frame in software, > > > > when the driver requests this through the flag > > > > IEEE80211_HW_SOFTWARE_RTS > > > > > > It seems this is not the ideal solution. Mo

Re: [PATCH 1/2] d80211: Add software RTS support

2007-02-05 Thread Michael Buesch
On Monday 05 February 2007 18:43, Ivo van Doorn wrote: > On Monday 05 February 2007 18:28, Jiri Benc wrote: > > On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 20:16:50 +0100, Ivo van Doorn wrote: > > > Not all hardware are capable of generating their own RTS frames. > > > This patch will add support for creating the RTS fram

Re: [PATCH 1/2] d80211: Add software RTS support

2007-02-05 Thread Michael Buesch
On Monday 05 February 2007 18:28, Jiri Benc wrote: > On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 20:16:50 +0100, Ivo van Doorn wrote: > > Not all hardware are capable of generating their own RTS frames. > > This patch will add support for creating the RTS frame in software, > > when the driver requests this through the fl

Re: [PATCH 1/2] d80211: Add software RTS support

2007-02-05 Thread Ivo van Doorn
On Monday 05 February 2007 18:28, Jiri Benc wrote: > On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 20:16:50 +0100, Ivo van Doorn wrote: > > Not all hardware are capable of generating their own RTS frames. > > This patch will add support for creating the RTS frame in software, > > when the driver requests this through the fl

Re: [PATCH 1/2] d80211: Add software RTS support

2007-02-05 Thread Jiri Benc
On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 20:16:50 +0100, Ivo van Doorn wrote: > Not all hardware are capable of generating their own RTS frames. > This patch will add support for creating the RTS frame in software, > when the driver requests this through the flag > IEEE80211_HW_SOFTWARE_RTS It seems this is not the id

[PATCH 1/2] d80211: Add software RTS support

2007-01-31 Thread Ivo van Doorn
Not all hardware are capable of generating their own RTS frames. This patch will add support for creating the RTS frame in software, when the driver requests this through the flag IEEE80211_HW_SOFTWARE_RTS Signed-off-by Ivo van Doorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- diff --git a/include/net/d80211.h b/in