Return-path: Received: from he.sipsolutions.net ([78.46.109.217]:43387 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751636Ab0E0ILT (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 May 2010 04:11:19 -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: <1274947716.3669.13.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> References: <1274883276.3658.15.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> <20100527004545.11541.88667.stgit@tt-desk> <1274947716.3669.13.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 10:11:11 +0200 Message-ID: <1274947871.3669.15.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, 2010-05-27 at 10:08 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > 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. No wait, I'm confused. Clause 19 is 11g, and Clause 18 is 11b. But what's Clause 15? Huh now I need to look back at this in more detail. johannes