Return-path: Received: from cpoproxy1-pub.bluehost.com ([69.89.21.11]:46228 "HELO outbound-mail-01.bluehost.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751635Ab0EKWCH (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 May 2010 18:02:07 -0400 Message-ID: <4BE9D3DB.7040005@dlasys.net> Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 18:02:03 -0400 From: "David H. Lynch Jr." MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Christian Lamparter , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ar9170-fw II References: <4BDC001F.9050202@dlasys.net> <4BDD2E05.40203@free.fr> <4BDD5EB3.7020802@dlasys.net> <201005021452.01101.chunkeey@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: <201005021452.01101.chunkeey@googlemail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 05/02/2010 08:52 AM, Christian Lamparter wrote: > Well, then you have two more good reasons why to use carl9170: > * carl9170 has the ability to store additional per-frame data. > In fact, if you don't need to have a different retry rates > you could realloc the 3 * 32 bit "rr" (as in retry rate) > array in the carl9170_tx_superdesc and _carl9170_tx_superdesc > struct (see wlan.h) for your purposes (storage for your time values). > > And if you fetched all the data, everything will be sent > with an ordinary tx status feedback report to the application > (add the timer fields into carl9170_tx_status and _carl9170_tx_status > struct - see fwcmd.h) cmd.h __check() tests for sizeof(carl9170_tx_status) != 2 is there an assumption somewhere that carl9170_tx_status == 2 ? -- Dave Lynch DLA Systems Software Development: Embedded Linux 717.587.7774 dhlii@dlasys.net http://www.dlasys.net Over 25 years' experience in platforms, languages, and technologies too numerous to list. "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." Albert Einstein