From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: vivekanandah@posedge.com
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: adding ba_policy member in drv_ampdu_action op - request information
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:17:58 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1355321878.9708.6.camel@jlt4.sipsolutions.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <95cd69900bf76c0024d3a0838ed38d30@posedge.com>
On Wed, 2012-12-12 at 12:10 +0530, vivekanandah@posedge.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> presently in code, the block ack policy is not sent by mac80211 to the
> lower level driver via the ampdu_action callback.
>
> The mac80211 while transmitting a block ack (ADDBA)request, hardcodes
> the block ack methodology to immediate block ack.
>
> on the receive side, the delayed block ack bit is checked along-with
> the capability of the receiver station to support delayed block ack.
> even if the station supports delayed block ack, mac80211 does not send
> the ba_policy down to the driver.
>
> should ba_policy be sent to the driver so that lower level drivers can
> take a call as to send block ack response in a delayed manner at its
> convenience?
Well, if you wanted to support it, you'd first have to change the
negotiation to actually ask for it, no?
johannes
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2012-12-12 6:40 adding ba_policy member in drv_ampdu_action op - request information vivekanandah
2012-12-12 14:17 ` Johannes Berg [this message]
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