From: David Young <dyoung-e+AXbWqSrlAAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: radiotap-sUITvd46vNxg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: MCS field: RFA
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:50:01 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100325235000.GX414@ojctech.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100202195424.GE1060-eZodSLrBbDpBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
On Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 01:54:25PM -0600, David Young wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 10:09:37PM +0000, Bill Stafford wrote:
> > I also have a question about how the RadioTap design deals with information
> > that may not be available. I know that RadioTap works for many different
> > drivers, and I am wondering if all the drivers get full information about
> > the packets.
>
> The problem of don't-know/don't-care flags has come up before. It'd be
> nice to have a general solution.
I've been thinking about this. Instead of adding 2**n-byte aligned
fields with don't-know/don't-care flags, what do people think about
using the presence bits in the header to indicate the presence of
1-bit-wide fields?
Dave
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Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-01-26 14:26 MCS field: RFA Matteo Croce
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2010-01-26 17:47 ` David Young
[not found] ` <20100126174728.GV1060-eZodSLrBbDpBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
2010-01-27 9:36 ` Johannes Berg
[not found] ` <1264584965.25642.15.camel-YfaajirXv2244ywRPIzf9A@public.gmane.org>
2010-01-27 15:30 ` David Young
[not found] ` <20100127153002.GC1060-eZodSLrBbDpBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
2010-01-27 15:32 ` Matteo Croce
2010-02-01 22:09 ` Bill Stafford
[not found] ` <loom.20100201T230554-2-eS7Uydv5nfjZ+VzJOa5vwg@public.gmane.org>
2010-02-02 18:24 ` Johannes Berg
2010-02-02 19:54 ` David Young
[not found] ` <20100202195424.GE1060-eZodSLrBbDpBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
2010-02-03 5:24 ` Bill Stafford
[not found] ` <C33B109A-9A6C-4931-8A69-5147A418E8B5-BUHhN+a2lJ4@public.gmane.org>
2010-02-04 1:11 ` Joshua (Shiwei) Zhao
[not found] ` <d521a2311002031711i4293ae26i8c460aa3f41997e6-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2010-02-04 5:50 ` Bill Stafford
[not found] ` <1F39C830-A521-456A-A5FA-2FC97914A74A-BUHhN+a2lJ4@public.gmane.org>
2010-02-04 6:14 ` Joshua (Shiwei) Zhao
2010-03-25 23:50 ` David Young [this message]
[not found] ` <20100325235000.GX414-eZodSLrBbDpBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
2010-03-26 4:57 ` Johannes Berg
[not found] ` <1269579436.4581.0.camel-8upI4CBIZJIJvtFkdXX2HixXY32XiHfO@public.gmane.org>
2010-08-09 12:10 ` Johannes Berg
2010-02-02 17:36 ` Bill Stafford
[not found] ` <loom.20100202T174119-204-eS7Uydv5nfjZ+VzJOa5vwg@public.gmane.org>
2010-02-02 18:20 ` Johannes Berg
2010-02-02 18:24 ` David Young
2010-02-06 20:02 ` MCS field: RFA (wireshark patch) Bill Stafford
[not found] ` <loom.20100206T204036-824-eS7Uydv5nfjZ+VzJOa5vwg@public.gmane.org>
2010-02-06 20:31 ` Johannes Berg
2011-04-18 9:49 ` MCS field: RFA Roberto Riggio
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2011-04-18 10:01 ` Johannes Berg
[not found] ` <1303120873.3588.5.camel-8upI4CBIZJIJvtFkdXX2HixXY32XiHfO@public.gmane.org>
2011-04-18 10:06 ` Roberto Riggio
[not found] ` <BANLkTikV_YxYnFxjHrFE7XgYfi1T7J=3Tw@mail.gmail.com>
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2011-04-20 13:12 ` Roberto Riggio
[not found] ` <4DAEDBAB.5070100-2TmCWn7/4sHOQU1ULcgDhA@public.gmane.org>
2011-04-21 15:04 ` Matteo Croce
[not found] ` <BANLkTi=psWmOSJXDRQvGC2ABwYfR=8EFrg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2011-04-22 7:07 ` Roberto Riggio
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2010-08-30 21:21 Bill Stafford
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