Re: [PATCH 1/2] d80211: Add software RTS support

[Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>]

On Monday 05 February 2007 19:08, Jiri Benc wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Feb 2007 18:43:06 +0100, Michael Buesch wrote:
> > I also think that sending RTS in software is not going to work,
> > as the timing can not be guaranteed. And timing is why we do it in
> > the first place. If the HW is not capable of sending RTS frames, we
> > should not try to emulate them in SW, as it might make the situation
> > even worse by messing up the NAVs by wrong timing.
> 
> That's not emulation in the software, it's just similar approach as
> with sending fragmented frames - you need (more or less) precise timing
> there as well and many cards still want them enqueued one-by-one. The
> firmware takes care of the precise timing. The same could apply to RTS
> frames (i. e. the firmware recognize them and doesn't send them before
> it has the next frame ready).

Yeah, ok. I got the point.
But still, this does not work with bcm43xx. :)

-- 
Greetings Michael.