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From: Vladimir Kondratiev <vkondra@mail.ru>
Subject: Re: generic 802.11 stack
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 22:54:12 +0300
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DS> > This should be done in generic way. This information used to
 communicate DS> > berween particular driver and generic stack. For example,
 Rx PHY info and Tx DS> > status info should be used for in-stack generic
 rate scaling algorithm. DS> >
DS> > To complicate it a bit, cb[] is only 48 bytes long. PHY info may easi=
ly
 exceed DS> > this size, so it's better to allocate something and free it in
 destructor. DS> >
DS> > But again, point is this structure should be generic since it is used
 by DS> > stack.
DS>
DS> TCP does the same thing, and if space is an issue you can use
DS> pointers in the cb[] area, other subsystems do this.

Sure, I agree. But this structure for PHY should be defined in stack, it is=
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not driver's decision.

Actually, I'd like to fit this stack into real life.

To get real, I want, for some wireless card, write driver that will be able=
 to=20
Tx/Rx 802.11 frames, and let stack handle the rest. Like association,=20
roaming... What should be done to get to this stage?

Jeff, your opinion on this?

Sam (you represent Atheros?), would you like to cooperate to make this=20
possible?

Anyone doing drivers for Intersil and Broadcom, are you on this list? Would=
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you join this effort?

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