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Re: [RFC] mac80211: add rate to ieee80211_tx_status

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On Feb 4, 2008 11:56 AM, Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Where would be this pointer allocated? TX response is not the same
> > flow as TX where we keep it on the stack. It's will be very error
> > prone to be outside tx_status. From concept perspective you already
> > have all transimission information in that structure.
> > For iwlwifi I actually need only u32 value but I was looking for
> > something more general even it's a little pain.
>
> You don't need to allocate it, it can just point to the rate array you
> have registered, no? Rates information is static after all. Or do it like
> rx status where we pass the index into the rate array.

I prefer not. This is not just plcp rate there is also MCS flags that
have to passed. With all combinations the array will be huge.

Tomas

> johannes
>
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