Re: [Radiotap] Re: RFC: radiotap discrepancy in Linux vs OpenBSD

[Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>]

On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 15:04 -0300, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 06:45:49PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> > On Sun, 2007-03-25 at 22:37 -0500, David Young wrote:
> > 
> > > > One is found in the current wireless-2.6.git:
> > > > 
> > > >         IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_RX_FLAGS = 14,
> > > >         IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_TX_FLAGS = 15,
> > > >         IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_RTS_RETRIES = 16,
> > > >         IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DATA_RETRIES = 17,
> > > 
> > > These fields are slated to become part of the standard, I just haven't got
> > > around to updating the manual page, yet.  I have time to do that tonight.
> > 
> > OK.  I was wrong to assume that non-standard fields were introduced on
> > the Linux side.
> 
> I mentioned those in the past to David Young, but I forgot to resend
> them to the radiotap list. 

Then we need to remove IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_FCS from Linux
ieee80211_radiotap.h.  It's only present in a comment, but it's a
comment that can be harmful.  I could submit a patch, but it would
conflict with a patch that does sparse annotation.

OK, I'll submit both.

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin