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Re: mac80211: Set IEEE80211_TXPD_REQ_TX_STATUS for all TX frames

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> > What about monitor interfaces/injection? Do they already set it?
> 
> No, should they?

Yes, I think so, since hostapd uses injection for frames and definitely
needs status callback. We could later define a radiotap bit for that, of
course.

> > Other than that, looks good to me, as long as you're aware that in the
> > future this might be more dynamic and don't rely on it too much for
> > internal housekeeping (but you seem to be according to your changelog
> > entry) :)
> 
> Well it shouldn't matter if it will become more flexible, what I am looking
> for is making the flag actually mean something for drivers. ;)

Right :)

> We could even make it so that the mac80211 tx_status handler will ignore
> the frame when the flag is set so drivers won't have to look at it at all.

You mean "when the flag is unset"? Not sure, maybe we should, but we'll
see that when more uses for it come up/better rate control algorithms
are developed.

johannes

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