Return-path: Received: from smtp.rutgers.edu ([128.6.72.243]:57066 "EHLO annwn13.rutgers.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752236AbXJYRg7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:36:59 -0400 From: Michael Wu To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Subject: Re: [patch 6/9] nl80211/cfg80211: station handling Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:33:36 -0400 Cc: "Johannes Berg" , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org References: <20071025093618.440937000@sipsolutions.net> <20071025093716.685606000@sipsolutions.net> <43e72e890710250846h5ae85efaqfb5b7b5d0d82e932@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <43e72e890710250846h5ae85efaqfb5b7b5d0d82e932@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2208517.DnRiYMS5O0"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Message-Id: <200710251333.41410.flamingice@sourmilk.net> (sfid-20071025_183703_997575_DAA2FA78) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --nextPart2208517.DnRiYMS5O0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Thursday 25 October 2007 11:46:03 you wrote: > > + * @NL80211_ATTR_STA_SUPPORTED_RATES: supported rates, array of > > supported + * rates as defined by IEEE 802.11 7.3.2.2 but without t= he > > length + * restriction (at most %NL80211_MAX_SUPP_RATES). > > Is this necessary? Shouldn't we just embrace the supported rates of > the hardware? If cfg80211 is extended to have devices register their > hardware capabilities then we can take it from there perhaps ? > This is for the supported rates of the sta we want to TX to. Rate control=20 needs to know what rates are valid for a particular sta. =2DMichael Wu --nextPart2208517.DnRiYMS5O0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBHINN1T3Oqt9AH4aERAkmwAJ9OsjnORhhabkdAgQvRLXjogV1TIgCfefYN OEaiIKzzgwVnOhlCAI9g+Q8= =f6qs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2208517.DnRiYMS5O0--