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From: Andy Green <andy@warmcat.com>
To: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] mac80211: Monitor mode radiotap-based packet injection
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 15:35:35 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <45FC0AC7.4030504@warmcat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200703171606.58803.mb@bu3sch.de>

Michael Buesch wrote:
> On Saturday 17 March 2007 15:58, Andy Green wrote:
>> Michael Buesch wrote:
>>
>>>> +#define IEEE80211_TXCTL_INJECTED_PACKET (1<<10) /* tx into monitor IF */
>>> What is a driver supposed to do on this flag? More documentation, please.
>> Hi Michael -
>>
>> The driver doesn't have to do anything with that flag... it's a private 
>> mac80211-internal flag to get the attribute that the packet was injected 
> 
>> If there's a simpler way I'm happy to use it.
> 
> Ok, no. I'm fine with this. But please mark it as mac80211-internal
> flag, so driver authors don't waste time on thinking about wtf this is. ;)
> Either by documenting it in a comment or by doing a special define
> (two underscores or something). Or both.

Both sounds like a good idea, thanks: I will wait a bit for any more 
comments and then add this to a try #3.  I noticed Michael Wu set his 
flag to 1<<20 and I guess he had this in mind, so I will change mine to 
1<<21 to further distance it from the other flags in bits and in meaning.

-Andy




  reply	other threads:[~2007-03-17 15:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-03-17 10:58 [PATCH 0/2] Radiotap on Monitor Mode interfaces for rx and tx andy
2007-03-17 10:58 ` [PATCH 1/2] mac80211: Add radiotap support andy
2007-03-17 10:58 ` [PATCH 2/2] mac80211: Monitor mode radiotap-based packet injection andy
2007-03-17 13:59   ` Michael Buesch
2007-03-17 14:58     ` Andy Green
2007-03-17 15:06       ` Michael Buesch
2007-03-17 15:35         ` Andy Green [this message]
2007-03-17 21:30   ` Michael Wu
2007-03-17 21:51     ` Michael Wu
2007-03-17 22:09       ` Andy Green
2007-03-17 23:20         ` Michael Wu
2007-03-17 23:26           ` Andy Green
2007-03-18  9:00             ` Andy Green
2007-03-18 10:12               ` Andy Green
2007-03-17 22:05     ` Andy Green
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-03-18 10:15 [PATCH 0/2] Try #3 Radiotap on Monitor Mode interfaces for rx and tx andy
2007-03-18 10:15 ` [PATCH 2/2] mac80211: Monitor mode radiotap-based packet injection andy
2007-03-19  5:55   ` Michael Wu
2007-03-19 10:54     ` Andy Green
2007-03-19 16:50       ` Michael Wu
2007-03-21  4:12         ` Joerg Mayer

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