From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Young Subject: Re: MCS field: RFA Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:47:29 -0600 Message-ID: <20100126174728.GV1060@ojctech.com> References: <40101cc31001260626g4a47b7c6gde6f99e477e69ac9@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <40101cc31001260626g4a47b7c6gde6f99e477e69ac9-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org> Sender: radiotap-owner-sUITvd46vNxg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org To: Radiotap List-Id: radiotap@radiotap.org On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 03:26:07PM +0100, Matteo Croce wrote: > Hi, > the MCS filed is in the suggested fields since about a month, now I > request its approval. > > Here is the draft of the field: http://www.radiotap.org/suggested-fields/MCS FreeBSD uses the flags field and the channel flags to indicate Short GI and 40 MHz frames. Let's adopt the FreeBSD definitions for that purpose. I think that it may be a good idea to add an MCS rate field instead of to overload the legacy rate field, as FreeBSD does. Dave -- David Young OJC Technologies dyoung-eZodSLrBbDpBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org Urbana, IL * (217) 278-3933