From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from bu3sch.de ([62.75.166.246]:51065 "EHLO vs166246.vserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754109AbYGJNJj (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:09:39 -0400 From: Michael Buesch To: Johannes Berg Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: fix TX sequence numbers Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:09:15 +0200 Cc: John Linville , linux-wireless References: <1215681686.3932.12.camel@johannes.berg> In-Reply-To: <1215681686.3932.12.camel@johannes.berg> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Message-Id: <200807101509.15833.mb@bu3sch.de> (sfid-20080710_150942_434079_863970AC) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thursday 10 July 2008 11:21:26 Johannes Berg wrote: > This patch makes mac80211 assign proper sequence numbers to > QoS-data frames. It also removes the old sequence number code > because we noticed that only the driver or hardware can assign > sequence numbers to non-QoS-data and especially management > frames in a race-free manner because beacons aren't passed > through mac80211's TX path. > > This patch also adds temporary code to the rt2x00 drivers to > not break them completely, that code will have to be reworked > for proper sequence numbers on beacons. > > It also moves sequence number assignment down in the TX path > so no sequence numbers are assigned to frames that are dropped. > > Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg > --- > drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.c | 3 - > drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/xmit.c | 3 - ACK -- Greetings Michael.