Return-path: Received: from ra.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.52]:2454 "EHLO ra.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030424AbXBOSIK (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:08:10 -0500 Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:41:43 -0500 From: "John W. Linville" To: Johannes Berg Cc: Ivo van Doorn , Jiri Benc , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] d80211: Add software sequence support Message-ID: <20070215174143.GA6300@tuxdriver.com> References: <200702141423.27823.IvDoorn@gmail.com> <1171557724.5220.30.camel@johannes.berg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1171557724.5220.30.camel@johannes.berg> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 05:42:04PM +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: > Then the driver can just call it whenever it needs the sequence number > for a frame. It'll need to be a bit smart about fragmentation but I > think that's ok. > > I may be radical, but I think that a lot of things hardware can do > belong into library functions the driver can use instead of cluttering > the stack with it. I'm inclined to agree, FWIW... -- John W. Linville linville@tuxdriver.com