From: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>
To: Manu Bansal <manub686@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: mac80211 functionality
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 09:23:53 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101006132353.GB2472@tuxdriver.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTim-W8gs3UOuavAgxfurnFfH3R7M8ZJF_F-n_LFO@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 05:17:15PM -0700, Manu Bansal wrote:
> I am trying to do a soft-radio implementation on linux using mac80211
> for the parts of 802.11 MAC it implements. It appears that it does not
> do the whole MAC, instead only the MLME portion of it, and the core
> functions of carrier sensing, backoff etc are still in
> firmware/hardware. Is this understanding correct? Are the mac80211
> book and code the best references to understand this split of
> functionality, or there is a more complete/concise reference?
I think you read it correctly.
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2010-10-06 0:17 mac80211 functionality Manu Bansal
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