From: bruno randolf <bruno@thinktube.com>
To: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: enable IBSS merging
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:51:49 +0900
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On Wednesday 23 January 2008 23:49:51 Johannes Berg wrote:
> > Then there is a problem for rt2x00. Since the mactime isn't known.
> > rt2400pci is the _only_ device which has a RX_END_TIME field in the
> > RX descriptor.
>
> I don't think it's required for IBSS to function, only for this from my
> POV dubious "merge" functionality.

also you might want to check if your hard- or firmware (if you have any) 
handles IBSS merges already, especially with USB devices. i can't imagine how 
a device driver without access to that information is supposed to merge IBSS.

bruno