From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Young Subject: Re: IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DATA_RETRIES for tx frames? Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:15:58 -0600 Message-ID: <20071128031558.GQ3568@che.ojctech.com> References: <200711281127.59233.bruno@thinktube.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200711281127.59233.bruno-L9ZBdB2wSWtl57MIdRCFDg@public.gmane.org> Sender: radiotap-admin-rN9S6JXhQ+WXmMXjJBpWqg@public.gmane.org Errors-To: radiotap-admin-rN9S6JXhQ+WXmMXjJBpWqg@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: radiotap-rN9S6JXhQ+WXmMXjJBpWqg@public.gmane.org List-Id: radiotap@radiotap.org On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 11:27:59AM +0900, bruno randolf wrote: > hello! > > while working on packet injection for madwifi i came across the following > question: > > can we use the IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DATA_RETRIES for injected TX frames to > specifiy the number of retries to be used? > > this usage seems to be slighty different from the strict specification of > radiotap for this field (at least the version of the header we have included > in madwifi now) because it was concerned with received data frames only, and > we apply it to all kinds of frames to be TXed: > > /* > * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DATA_RETRIES u_int8_t data > * > * Number of unicast retries a transmitted frame used. > */ > > could we extend the meaning of this field to be applicable to transmit frames > too? I think that we should. I intend to use it that way, myself. Dave -- David Young OJC Technologies dyoung-eZodSLrBbDpBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org Urbana, IL * (217) 278-3933 ext 24