Return-path: Received: from xc.sipsolutions.net ([83.246.72.84]:34403 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756972AbYLKTZS (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:25:18 -0500 Subject: Re: [RFC] mac80211: Add HT rates into RX status reporting From: Johannes Berg To: Jouni Malinen Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Henning Rogge In-Reply-To: <20081211192251.GA5170@jm.kir.nu> References: <20081211161741.GA27460@jm.kir.nu> <1229015789.8081.40.camel@johannes.berg> <20081211181545.GB32500@jm.kir.nu> <1229019768.8081.53.camel@johannes.berg> <20081211192251.GA5170@jm.kir.nu> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-fToZ+3mw4MWbfuq1d2b3" Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:24:42 +0100 Message-Id: <1229023482.8081.67.camel@johannes.berg> (sfid-20081211_202532_997043_9704DE28) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-fToZ+3mw4MWbfuq1d2b3 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2008-12-11 at 21:22 +0200, Jouni Malinen wrote: > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 07:22:48PM +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: > > On Thu, 2008-12-11 at 20:15 +0200, Jouni Malinen wrote: > > > Yes. FreeBSD radiotap definition uses 0x80 as a flag in the rate fiel= d > > > for indicating that it is an MCS index, not bitrate. >=20 > > Ugh. Nobody will dissect that properly. >=20 > Actually, wireshark seems to have code to dissect that.. Ok, I stand corrected. Oh well, this is a huge mess... > Well, yes, I do need it like yesterday. I really want to have a reliable > sniffer that I can trust on providing correct information about received > frames. I can obviously handle a personal patch that adds this, but it > gets more complex when asking others to capture some frames for you.. Right. We'll need A-MPDU stuff too, I guess? > Anyway, I will move the radiotap parts into a separate patch and leave > it to others to decide whether that should go in now or not. The best > option (if John is willing) would likely be to get the first part > (mac80211 driver API addition and ath9k fix/cleanup) in and pushed > upstream while the radiotap parts would be maintained only in > wireless-testing for the time being. I agree, that seems best. johannes --=-fToZ+3mw4MWbfuq1d2b3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (powerbook) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJJQWj3AAoJEKVg1VMiehFYaw0QAMD20qcWMj1Xj8/jES8FFSEo hfDdfX5j2uDUMhxd8LR+fTg+qSzMmVzjOtrpacLVvbx3lFlt8vsumDajz/q4SBPj eo9hNBYVQmQheuyUuegTrbF/sZFZlZKIeY6CAGbsGBZqGnzRvRExtPDjgW3/RgDY J82qS0wI0obkqeTe9gKpq/fen+dEu9HDIBJDq9wt/3oPE3xR7I8So7+PRF4XhQx2 xspMnplFbexw1wh3Jy9ZkTck14NCWQG9Y53biWS3WXFUEWRqUiPIWaf91BMVvlTS 4Dj1Sg3+0X1BlZrmZ6I7lZzQxDp7otAxAnmwb0XW8C5iM31EKQg62k04AJwRBDo7 8hb0RMlLJnjEF1bhQYJsMx5NV0BOvQY64fv5eL5W0aJeQj2keDuYcr11813Tqpn2 fPUiOzsxjw9jSLVbGtFLfGH/3TajMWC6RB2arRJkrNncpXTbPTcIBc9mEFq81OTN lpTTgnI8eQlhyqnm5YAxZwYDEIbPf4Ai0ZgDh7VFC2X+kdpayGJ2gHOBV9zASccW syfTHOpwGs+hIux3izZTsX471cs8gRjy1MEVwmkFI/NJbWIWRTm0j0kbDrsIspmi J9wL9nzO7AyhEdjH6b8E2SCiWLtJlwmVQyXlBX7sj1sbyIGZn0KPjQrlqdYSv6cn bW+C1TeXYTTrhl5YQknm =J7JN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-fToZ+3mw4MWbfuq1d2b3--