Re: [RFC 0/4] wireless: Per-sta NoAck and offload support

[vthiagar@codeaurora.org]

On 2018-03-28 13:07, Arend van Spriel wrote:
> On 3/28/2018 8:09 AM, vthiagar@codeaurora.org wrote:
>> On 2018-03-27 22:18, Steve deRosier wrote:
>>> Hi Vasanthakumar,
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 1:42 AM, Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan
>>> <vthiagar@codeaurora.org> wrote:
>>>> Adds infrastructure for driver to offload NoAck functionality, 
>>>> driver
>>>> like ath10k could make use of it. Also extends the current ndev wide
>>> 
>>> I'm not really much of a fan of adding a feature without some use of
>>> the feature. Perhaps if drivers "like" ath10k could use it, maybe you
>>> should add a patch(s) to the series where one of those drivers
>>> actually uses the feature.  An API without an example of use is also
>>> harder to evaluate effectively.
>> 
>> I agree driver patch using the new NoAck infrastructure would help 
>> with
>> understanding, ill post it once it is ready. But not sure the driver 
>> patch
>> can be part of the same series.
> 
> The API patches would go in mac80211-next tree and indeed the driver
> patch would go through wireless-drivers-next tree. However, an option
> would be to add the driver patch(es) as RFC in the series so Johannes
> can ignore it and we still have an example to look at.

Sounds good. Ill try to include the driver patch in the next version.

Vasanth