From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: Arik Nemtsov <arik@wizery.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Luciano Coelho <coelho@ti.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] mac80211: allow low level drivers to report packet loss
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:36:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1303216566.3603.6.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTikc9wrZ__8URZ3ASQ6F=rUHix2iGA@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, 2011-04-18 at 23:44 +0300, Arik Nemtsov wrote:
> Well in a wl12xx chip we just configure some thresholds to the FW and
> it triggers the event for us. Using TX status doesn't really make
> sense since the FW has automatic rate control (so 50 tries are more
> like 50 * 8).
Yeah same for the mac80211 approach, since we take packets, not retries.
> > Also, are you sure? Do you really not get _any_ TX status?
>
> Currently we do get TX status, but there are plans to remove it later on.
That's your choice, but I wouldn't do it. You'll have to support TX
status when requested, otherwise AP operation won't work, so you need
the code anyway.
johannes
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-04-19 12:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-04-18 11:22 [PATCH 1/2] mac80211: allow low level drivers to report packet loss Arik Nemtsov
2011-04-18 11:22 ` [PATCH 2/2] wl12xx: support FW TX inactivity triggers Arik Nemtsov
2011-04-26 5:02 ` Arik Nemtsov
2011-04-18 12:26 ` [PATCH 1/2] mac80211: allow low level drivers to report packet loss Johannes Berg
2011-04-18 20:44 ` Arik Nemtsov
2011-04-19 12:36 ` Johannes Berg [this message]
2011-04-19 21:54 ` Arik Nemtsov
2011-04-20 8:08 ` Johannes Berg
2011-04-26 19:12 ` John W. Linville
2011-04-26 19:35 ` Arik Nemtsov
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