Re: [RFC][PATCH] TX status reporting with help of an ack queue

[Mattias Nissler <mattias.nissler@gmx.de>]

On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 20:18 +0200, Ivo van Doorn wrote:
> > > Good point :-) So I suggest we have one function that adds new packets
> > > to the ACK queue (which is represented by a struct an instance of which
> > > a driver can keep in its queue information) and another one that matches
> > > a received ACK with the queue, reports the status to mac80211 and purges
> > > the queue entries up to the match (reporting them as failed).
> > > 
> > > Mikko: I could hack this up, but since your initial patch is not far
> > > from what's been discussed, I rather wait for a comment on whether you
> > > want to do it.
> > > 
> > > Mattias
> > > 
> > 
> > Feel free to hack up a patch. The functions 
> > rt2x00lib_get_match_from_ack_queue and rt2x00lib_push_to_ack_queue are
> > already generic handlers for the queue. 
> 
> Mattias, please note my comments on Mikko's patch if you are going to copy them. :)

Ok, I'm picking this thingy up. I've got some time tomorrow, but I'll be
away for the weekend, so expect something at the beginning of next week.

Mattias