From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Luis R. Rodriguez Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:50:34 -0700 Subject: [ath9k-devel] Do 11n rates available in ad-hoc mode In-Reply-To: References: <20090619171932.GB30999@tesla> Message-ID: <20090622225034.GA14496@mosca> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 03:17:12PM -0700, Rakesh Kumar wrote: > > No, its not something in the IEEE standard so such support won't likely > > get merged into mac80211. You might be able to use MCS rates in ad-hoc > > mode but if that's possible its just becuase we haven't fixed the code > > paths to not allow for it. > > > > Luis > > > > Are you referring to Ad-hoc mode when saying it's not in IEEE standard > or support for using rate adaptation for it? Yes. > If that is the case, you > elaborate on as to why this is the case I am not sure. > or point me somewhere to read > about it? Unfortunately I have nothing. The 11n draft is only available to members so if you don't have that with you there aren't really any other good places to read about it. When I get a chance I tend to try to add to this wiki: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/ieee80211/802.11n But its more a quick summary for developers. Luis