Return-path: Received: from he.sipsolutions.net ([78.46.109.217]:43376 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754902Ab0E0IIr (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 May 2010 04:08:47 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: mark 1, 2, 5.5 and 11Mbps as mandatory rates for 802.11b From: Johannes Berg To: Bruno Randolf Cc: linville@tuxdriver.com, juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com, ath5k-devel@lists.ath5k.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20100527004545.11541.88667.stgit@tt-desk> References: <1274883276.3658.15.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> <20100527004545.11541.88667.stgit@tt-desk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 10:08:36 +0200 Message-ID: <1274947716.3669.13.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, 2010-05-27 at 09:45 +0900, Bruno Randolf wrote: > IEEE802.11-2007 clause 18.2.3.3 (p640) states that 1, 2, 5.5 & 11 Mbits are > mandatory rates for what they call High Rate direct sequence spread spectrum > (HR/DSSS) PHY (with long PLCP). You're confused. Clause 18 is 11g, we knew that those were mandatory there, see the code you're modifying. Clause 15 is 11b, and it shouldn't change. So NACK. johannes